Scylla serrata

Scylla serrata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Portunoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Portunoidea

Familia: Portunidae
Genus: Scylla
Species: Scylla serrata

Name

Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1775)

Synonyms

• Achelous crassimanus MacLeay, 1838
• Cancer serratus Forskål, 1775
• Lupa lobifrons H. Milne Edwards, 1834
• Scylla tranquebarica var. oceanica Dana, 1852

References

• Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex Officina Mölleri: Hauniae [=Copenhagen]. 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164 + 1 map. BHL Reference page. 
• Nauck, E. 1880. Das Kaugerüst der Brachyuren. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 34(1): 3–69. BHL Reference page.  [see p. 59]

Links

• uBio: Scylla serrata

Vernacular names

• English: Giant mud crab
• 日本語: アミメノコギリガザミ
• ไทย: ปูทะเล, ปูเขียว
• Tagalog: Alimango
• 中文: 锯缘青蟹, 青蟹 (general term), 泥蟹, 虫寻, 蝤蛑, 和乐蟹; 鋸緣靑蟳, 靑蟳, 蟳仔, 紅蟳

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