Thalamita crenata
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| Thalamita crenata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Thalamita |
| Species: | T. crenata |
| Binomial name | |
| Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830 | |
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Thalamita crenata, the mangrove swimming crab, crenate swimming crab or spiny rock crab,[2] is a swimming crab species in the genus Thalamita.[3] Distributed all over marine and brackish waters of Indo-West Pacific regions. It is widely used as an edible crab in many countries.
A mangrove inhabitant, it is found all over southern Red Sea, Somalia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia.[4]
Description
Carapace round with five antero-lateral teeth. Carapace with 3 pairs of gastric ridges which is perfectly smooth. Male has long and thin first pleopod, which gradually tapering to tip.[5]
