D'Urville's Fiddler Crab

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Tubuca urvillei

D'Urville's Fiddler Crab, a reference photo
Photo: Robert Taylor on iNaturalist; https://www.inaturalist.org/people/robert_taylor · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Tubuca urvillei is a species of fiddler crab. It is found in Southeastern Africa from southern Somalia to South Africa and Madagascar.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of D'Urville's Fiddler 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

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Ocypodidae
Genus
Tubuca
Species
Tubuca urvillei

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