Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez, Uruguay
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Liagore rubromaculata (De Haan, 1835)
The genus Liagore currently only contains the 3 described species:
Liagore erythematica Guinot, 1971
Species Liagore pulchella Ng & Naruse, 2007
Species Liagore rubromaculata (De Haan, 1835)
Liagore rubromaculata has bright red spots and spots all over the carapace and walking legs. The carapace is transversely oval, smooth and convex. The eyestalks are strong and short, the claws are smooth and symmetrical. The scissor fingers have irregular, blunt teeth on the inner edges. The legs are elongated, thin and cylindrical, the surface smooth and shiny, the first leg the longest, the second to fourth pairs
gradually decreasing in length.
The crab is often bycatch in commercial fishing throughout its range. While Sealifebase shows the maximum depth to be only 30m, a scientific paper from 2018 contains information about the bycatch of this strikingly spotted crab from 310m in India.
There is a possibility of confusion with Eucrate indica Castro & Ng, 2010, which, however, is only slightly dotted on the shell.
Host of the parasitic Isopod Dactylokepon barbuladigitus An, H. Yu & Williams, 2007.
Many species of the family Xanthidae can be poisonous, although they themselves have no poisonous apparatus (poisonous teeth, poisonous spines, poisonous glands in the skin), the consumption of these crustaceans can even be fatal for humans. Such animals are considered passive-poisonous.
The toxins of crabs (saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin) are produced by endobacteria and stored in the flesh of the crab, these e are highly potent and similar to the neurotoxins of puffer fish and just as deadly.
In its raw and cooked meat, consumption of the crab meat is toxic to humans!
Please be sure to clarify whether the meat of these crabs is toxic or non-toxic before eating it!
Call an emergency doctor immediately at the first signs of poisoning (e.g. breathing problems, muscle cramps)!
The good news is there’s no way you can be exposed to these toxins if you don’t try to eat these crabs – a bite or a jab isn’t going to do the job.
The bad news for those who unwittingly consume these crabs is that cooking the meat isn’t going to make the toxins any less effective.
Fortunately, toxic crabs don’t want to be eaten just as much as we shouldn’t be eating them, so they help us out with their glorious warning colours.
Synonymised names:
Cancer (Liagore) rubromaculata De Haan, 1835 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Carpilius praetermissus Gibbes, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
The genus Liagore currently only contains the 3 described species:
Liagore erythematica Guinot, 1971
Species Liagore pulchella Ng & Naruse, 2007
Species Liagore rubromaculata (De Haan, 1835)
Liagore rubromaculata has bright red spots and spots all over the carapace and walking legs. The carapace is transversely oval, smooth and convex. The eyestalks are strong and short, the claws are smooth and symmetrical. The scissor fingers have irregular, blunt teeth on the inner edges. The legs are elongated, thin and cylindrical, the surface smooth and shiny, the first leg the longest, the second to fourth pairs
gradually decreasing in length.
The crab is often bycatch in commercial fishing throughout its range. While Sealifebase shows the maximum depth to be only 30m, a scientific paper from 2018 contains information about the bycatch of this strikingly spotted crab from 310m in India.
There is a possibility of confusion with Eucrate indica Castro & Ng, 2010, which, however, is only slightly dotted on the shell.
Host of the parasitic Isopod Dactylokepon barbuladigitus An, H. Yu & Williams, 2007.
Many species of the family Xanthidae can be poisonous, although they themselves have no poisonous apparatus (poisonous teeth, poisonous spines, poisonous glands in the skin), the consumption of these crustaceans can even be fatal for humans. Such animals are considered passive-poisonous.
The toxins of crabs (saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin) are produced by endobacteria and stored in the flesh of the crab, these e are highly potent and similar to the neurotoxins of puffer fish and just as deadly.
In its raw and cooked meat, consumption of the crab meat is toxic to humans!
Please be sure to clarify whether the meat of these crabs is toxic or non-toxic before eating it!
Call an emergency doctor immediately at the first signs of poisoning (e.g. breathing problems, muscle cramps)!
The good news is there’s no way you can be exposed to these toxins if you don’t try to eat these crabs – a bite or a jab isn’t going to do the job.
The bad news for those who unwittingly consume these crabs is that cooking the meat isn’t going to make the toxins any less effective.
Fortunately, toxic crabs don’t want to be eaten just as much as we shouldn’t be eating them, so they help us out with their glorious warning colours.
Synonymised names:
Cancer (Liagore) rubromaculata De Haan, 1835 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Carpilius praetermissus Gibbes, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
