Flame-backed Fiddler Crab

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Tubuca flammula

Flame-backed Fiddler Crab, a reference photo
Photo: Summerdrought · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Tubuca flammula, commonly known as the flame-backed fiddler crab is a species of fiddler crab that is found in the northwest of Western Australia, the northern part of the Northern Territory and the western half of Papua New Guinea

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Flame-backed 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 flammula

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