Biology:Scylla tranquebarica

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Short description: Species of crab

Scylla tranquebarica
Scylla tranquebarica (Philippines).jpg
Scylla tranquebarica from a fish market in the Philippines
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
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. http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=crabs_of_japan&id=1085. Retrieved February 26, 2011. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7439650 entry