Scylla (crustacean)
Genus of crabs
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Scylla is a genus of swimming crabs, comprising four species,[1] of which S. serrata is the most widespread. They are found across the Indo-West Pacific.[2] The four species are:[3][1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796) | orange mud crab | Southeast Asia to Pakistan, and from Japan to northern Australia |
 | Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1949 | South China Sea south to the Java Sea | |
 | Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) | black crab | Southern Japan to south-eastern Australia, northern New Zealand |
.jpg) | Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) | Pakistan and Taiwan to the Malay Archipelago and other Indo-Pacific regions |
| Scylla | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scylla serrata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Subfamily: | Portuninae |
| Genus: | Scylla De Haan, 1833 |
