The mud crab is a large, heavy-clawed crab found in mangroves, estuaries, and coastal mudflats across the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Australia. Its powerful claws, capable of crushing shellfish, make it both a formidable predator of mollusks and a prized food species, farmed and fished commercially across much of its range. It typically burrows into soft mud or hides among mangrove roots by day, becoming more active in the water at night.
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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Mud CrabDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "Madagascar", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "World Register of Marine Species"
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1. SeaLifeBase: Scylla serrata summary
SeaLifeBaseBiology
Major predator
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ3544834, descriptionView the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Animals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fauna","language":"EN"},{"name":"Animaux","language":"FR"}],"cites_listings":[]
5. Wikidata: Mud Crab
Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source 6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Scylla serrata
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2225562, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 2225562, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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