Scylla tranquebarica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Portunidae |
Genus: | Scylla |
Species: | S. tranquebarica |
Binomial name | |
Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) |
Scylla tranquebarica is a species of mangrove crab in the genus Scylla. Scylla tranquebarica, one of several crabs known as the , is found in mangrove areas from Pakistan and Taiwan to the Malay Archipelago and other Indo-Pacific regions.