Scylla paramamosain

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Scylla 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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