
Tuerkayana hirtipes is a species of terrestrial crab.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pacific Blue 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
- Gecarcoidea humei
- Cardisoma carnifex
- Tuerkayana rotundum
- Geograpsus grayi
- Cardisoma armatum
- Hartnollius nobilii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Cardisomatidae
- Genus
- Tuerkayana
- Species
- Tuerkayana hirtipes
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