Rhithropanopeus harrisii (common names include the Zuiderzee crab, dwarf crab, estuarine mud crab, Harris mud crab, white-fingered mud crab, and white-tipped mud crab) is a small omnivorous crab native to Atlantic coasts of the Americas, from New Brunswick to Veracruz.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of White-tipped Mud 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
- Dyspanopeus sayi
- Panopeus herbstii
- Brachynotus sexdentatus
- Hemigrapsus takanoi
- Eurypanopeus depressus
- Benthopanope eucratoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Panopeidae
- Genus
- Rhithropanopeus
- Species
- Rhithropanopeus harrisii
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