Hemigrapsus takanoi, the brush-clawed shore crab or Asian shore crab, is a small crab of the family Varunidae (formerly classified as Grapsidae) that lives on rocky shores surrounding the Pacific Ocean, and which is invasive along the European coastlines. This crab is omnivorous and eats small fish, invertebrates and algae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brush-clawed Shore Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hemigrapsus penicillatus
- Gaetice depressus
- Brachynotus sexdentatus
- Hemigrapsus crenulatus
- Rhithropanopeus harrisii
- Parvonotus spinosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Varunidae
- Genus
- Hemigrapsus
- Species
- Hemigrapsus takanoi
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