Scylla tranquebarica

Scylla tranquebarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Scylla
Species: S. tranquebarica
Binomial name
Scylla tranquebarica
(Fabricius, 1798)

Scylla tranquebarica, is a species of mangrove crab in the genus Scylla. Scylla tranquebarica, one of several crabs known as the mud crab, is found in mangrove areas from Pakistan and Taiwan to the Malay Archipelago and other Indo-Pacific regions.[1]

References

  1. "Scylla tranquebarica". Crabs of Japan. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved February 26, 2011.


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