Scylla tranquebarica
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Scylla tranquebarica, is a species
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
.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
mangrove crab
Mangrove crab
Mangrove crabs are crabs that live among mangroves, and may belong to many different species and even families. They have been shown to be ecologically significant in many ways. They keep much of the energy within the forest by burying and consuming leaf litter. Along with burrowing in the ground,...
in the genus Scylla
Scylla (crab)
Scylla is a genus of swimming crabs, comprising four species, of which S. serrata is the most widespread. They are found across the Indo-West Pacific. The four species are:*Scylla olivacea *Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1949...
. Scylla tranquebarica, one of several crabs known as the mud crab
Mud crab
Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as:*Scylla serrata, also called mangrove crab and black crab.*Scylla tranquebarica, another variety of the mangrove crab.*Scylla paramamosain...
, is found in mangrove
Mangrove
Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...
areas from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
to the Malay Archipelago
Malay Archipelago
The Malay Archipelago refers to the archipelago between mainland Southeastern Asia and Australia. The name was derived from the anachronistic concept of a Malay race....
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