Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950 is a animal in the Portunidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950 (Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950)
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Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950

Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950

Scylla paramamosain is a commonly consumed Southeast Asian mud crab found from the South China Sea to the Java Sea, farmed in southern Vietnam.

Family
Genus
Scylla
Order
Decapoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950

This species has the scientific name Scylla paramamosain, first published by Estampador in 1950. Scylla paramamosain is a species of mud crab that is commonly eaten by people in Southeast Asia. This mud crab can be found along coastlines stretching from the South China Sea south to the Java Sea. Today, aquaculture farms in southern Vietnam produce Scylla paramamosain.

Photo: (c) Chan Kam Kong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chan Kam Kong · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Portunidae Scylla

More from Portunidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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