Scylla
Scylla serrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796) orange mud crab Southeast Asia to Pakistan, and from Japan to northern Australia
Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1949 South China Sea south to the Java Sea
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. ^ a b 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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.


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