| Portunidae (swimming crabs) |
| 18 cm CW (male/unsexed) |
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benthic; brackish; marine |
| Indo-West Pacific: from Tamil Nadu, India, Kimberley, Australia, north to Chinese Taipei, and east to Papua, Indonesia. |
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Carapace brownish to brownish green in color (sometimes orangish), palm orange to yellow. |
| Most common species of Scylla in markets in Sundaic Southeast Asia and Thailand. Intertidal to subtidal, estuarine, found on mangroves (Ref. 106854). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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