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Scylla serrata Serrated Mud Swimming Crab, Serrated Mangrove Swimming Crab, Mud Crab, Giant Mud Crab

Scylla serrata is commonly referred to as Serrated Mud Swimming Crab, Serrated Mangrove Swimming Crab, Mud Crab, Giant Mud Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Scylla serrata, Palau 1997_0334-04_PlaceCarp Is., Palau (mangrove forest) 1997

Place:Carp Is., Palau (mangrove forest).Comment: carapace width=20cm (approximately).
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
16804 
AphiaID:
208814 
Scientific:
Scylla serrata 
German:
Gezähnte Mangroven-Schwimmkrabbe 
English:
Serrated Mud Swimming Crab, Serrated Mangrove Swimming Crab, Mud Crab, Giant Mud Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Scylla (Genus) > serrata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Forskål, ), 1775 
Occurrence:
Australia, Brazil, Columbia, Comores, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Invasive Species, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Pacific (Ocean), Palau, Red Sea, Réunion , South Atlantic, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulu Sea , Tahiti, Tansania, Thailand, the Caribbean, the Seychelles, USA, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Brackish water, Freshwater, Mangrove Zones, Offshore, Rivers, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
7.87" - 11.02" (20cm - 28cm) 
Weight:
3.5 kg 
Temperature:
24,5 °F - 29,1 °F (24,5°C - 29,1°C) 
Food:
cannibalism (preys on conspecifics), Carnivore, Carrion, omnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-09-29 20:15:35 

Info

Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775)

Scylla serrata is an ecologically important species of crab found in the estuaries and mangroves of Africa, Australia, and Asia. In their most common forms, their shell colours vary from a deep, mottled green to very dark brown.

Synonymised names
Achelous crassimanus MacLeay, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer serratus Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lupea lobifrons H. Milne Edwards, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neptunus serratifrons Montrouzier, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portunus (Portunus) serratifrons (Montrouzier, 1865) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portunus leucodon Desmarest, 1822 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portunus leucodontes Desmarest, 1817 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portunus serratifrons (Montrouzier, 1865) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scylla tranquebarica var. oceanica Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (1)
Variety Scylla serrata var. paramamosain Estampador, 1950 accepted as Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

External links

  1. Nemesis (en). Abgerufen am 29.09.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 29.09.2024.

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Scylla serrata, Palau 1997_0334-04_PlaceCarp Is., Palau (mangrove forest) 1997

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