Scylla paramamosain

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iScylla paramamosain
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Superfamily: Portunoidea Family: Portunidae Genus: Scylla Species: S. paramamosain
Binomial name
Scylla paramamosain (Estampador, 1949)

Scylla paramamosain is a mud crab commonly consumed in Taiwan and Vietnam The crabs are originally found in the lower Mekong River Delta, but they are now produced from aquaculture farms in southern Vietnam.

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• Pond production of the mud crabs Scylla paramamosain (Estampador) and S. olivacea (Herbst) in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, using two different supplementary diets