Scylla paramamosain

Scylla paramamosain is a mud crab commonly consumed in Southeast Asia.

Scylla paramamosain
Green mud crab, Scylla paramamosain
from Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Portunidae
Genus:
Scylla
Species:
S. paramamosain
Binomial name
Scylla paramamosain
Estampador, 1949

Distribution
Identification

Scylla paramamosain is found in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China (including Hong Kong), Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.[1] It is now produced by aquaculture farms in southern Vietnam.[2]

Taxonomy

Scylla paramamosain was described by Eulogio P. Estampador in 1949, as a subspecies of Scylla serrata.[3][4] It is now known that the crabs previously referred to as S. serrata in China were mostly S. paramamosain.[5]

References
  1. "Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1949". Crabs of Japan. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  2. Stig M. Christensen; Donald J. Macintosh & Nguyen T. Phuong (2004). "Pond production of the mud crabs Scylla paramamosain (Estampador) and S. olivacea (Herbst) in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, using two different supplementary diets". Aquaculture Research. 35 (11): 1013–1024. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01089.x.
  3. W. Stephenson & B. Campbell (1960). "The Australian Portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae). IV. Remaining Genera". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 11 (1): 73–122. doi:10.1071/MF9600073.
  4. Jesse D. Ronquillo; Zandro V. Pura & Rex M. Traifalgar. ""Seedling" production and pond culture of hatchery-produced juveniles of the mud crab Scylla oceanica Dana, 1852". In Frederick R. Schram & J. C. von Vaupel Klein (eds.). Crustaceans and the Biodiversity Crisis: Proceedings of the Fourth International Crustacean Congress, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 20-24, 1998 (PDF). Crustacean Issues. 12. Brill Publishers. pp. 999–1011. ISBN 978-90-04-11387-9.
  5. Ling-Bo Ma; Feng-Ying Zhang; Chun-Yan Ma & Zhen-Guo Qiao (2006). "Scylla paramamosain (Estampador) the most common mud crab (Genus Scylla) in China: evidence from mtDNA". Aquaculture Research. 37 (16): 1694–1698. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01603.x.
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