Biology:Scylla (crustacean)
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Short description: Genus of crabs
| Scylla | |
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| Scylla serrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Subfamily: | Portuninae |
| Genus: | Scylla De Haan, 1833 |
Scylla is a genus of swimming crabs, comprising four species,[1] of which S. serrata is the most widespread. They are found across the Indo-West Pacific.[2] The four species are:[3][1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796) | orange mud crab | Southeast Asia to Pakistan, and from Japan to northern Australia |
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Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1949 | South China Sea south to the Java Sea | |
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Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) | black crab | Southern Japan to south-eastern Australia, northern New Zealand |
| Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) | Pakistan and Taiwan to the Malay Archipelago and other Indo-Pacific regions |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot; Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
- ↑ L. Le Vay (2001). "Ecology and management of mud crab Scylla spp.". Asian Fisheries Science 14: 101–111. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725020826/http://www.asianfisheriessociety.org/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=17&lid=456.
- ↑ Keenan, Clive P.; Davie, Peter J.F.; Mann, David L. (1998). "A revision of the genus Scylla de Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46 (1): 217–245. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256107287.
Wikidata ☰ Q5812023 entry
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