Parasesarma bidens, the red claw crab (or red-clawed crab), is a species of crab found in the Indo-Pacific region from Zanzibar to Japan and Fiji.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red Clawed 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
- Parasesarma insulare
- Parasesarma continentale
- Parasesarma erythodactylum
- Parasesarma pictum
- Parasesarma affine
- Metopograpsus quadridentatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Sesarmidae
- Genus
- Parasesarma
- Species
- Parasesarma bidens
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