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Scylla olivacea, commonly known as the orange mud crab, is a commercially important species of mangrove crab in the genus Scylla. It is one of several crabs known as the mud crab and is found in mangrove areas from Southeast Asia to Pakistan, and from Japan to northern Australia.
Short description Morphology. Carapace brownish to brownish green in color (sometimes orangish), palm orange to yellow. Biology Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Most common species of Scylla in markets in Sundaic Southeast Asia and Thailand. Intertidal to subtidal, estuarine, found on mangroves (Ref. 106854 ).
Learn about the orange mud crab, a valuable local crab species that can survive out of water for long periods. Find out how to distinguish it from other mud crab species in Southeast Asia.
Dec 2, 2023 · Mature Scylla olivacea migrate offshore (up to 50 km) to spawn. Spawned eggs attach to the pleopod hairs of the abdominal flap. Eggs hatch into zoea and pass through five zoeal stages, after...
Mar 5, 2021 · For these reasons, mud crab Scylla olivacea is a highly exploited species associated with mangrove ecosystems because of over-harvesting.
- Prianka Paul, Md. Sherazul Islam, Sumona Khatun, Joyanta Bir, Antara Ghosh
- 10.5455/javar.2021.h483
- 2021
- J Adv Vet Anim Res. 2021 Mar; 8(1): 44-50.
Scylla olivacea. (Herbst, 1796) (of Cancer olivacea Herbst, 1796) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band.
Feb 1, 2021 · After having a long controversy on the taxonomic clarification of genus Scylla, it has now been confirmed, based on its morphometric, meristic and genetic analysis, that S. olivacea is the common mud crab species harvested from Sundarban mangrove swamps ( Rouf et al., 2016; Sarower et al., 2017 ).
