Cyclograpsus granulosus, the purple mottled shore crab or smooth shore crab, is an Australasian crab species.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Purple Mottled 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
- Cyclograpsus audouinii
- Hemigrapsus sexdentatus
- Cyclograpsus lavauxi
- Cyclograpsus punctatus
- Paragrapsus laevis
- Leptograpsodes octodentatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Varunidae
- Genus
- Cyclograpsus
- Species
- Cyclograpsus granulosus
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