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]
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| Scylla tranquebarica from a fish market in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Scylla |
| Species: | S. tranquebarica
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| Binomial name | |
| Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798)
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References
edit- ^ "Scylla tranquebarica". Crabs of Japan. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
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