Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Acanthonyx lunulatus 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
- Menaethius monoceros
- Halicarcinus cookii
- Pugettia gracilis
- Halicarcinus ovatus
- Pugettia richii
- Elamena producta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Epialtidae
- Genus
- Acanthonyx
- Species
- Acanthonyx lunulatus
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