Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Patagonian Hermit 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
- Pagurus caurinus
- Pagurus beringanus
- Elassochirus tenuimanus
- Pagurus bernhardus
- Pagurixus jerviensis
- Discorsopagurus schmitti
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Paguridae
- Genus
- Pagurus
- Species
- Pagurus comptus
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