Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common 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
- Leptograpsodes octodentatus
- Cyrtograpsus angulatus
- Eriocheir japonica
- Eriocheir sinensis
- Varuna litterata
- Nectocarcinus integrifrons
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Varunidae
- Genus
- Paragrapsus
- Species
- Paragrapsus gaimardii
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