Scylla paramamosain, Green mud crab
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Scylla paramamosain   Estampador, 1949

Green mud crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Portunidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: northern parts of South China Sea and parts of Java.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 10.2  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 343); max. published weight: 2.00 g (Ref. 343)

Short description Morphology

Carapace usually green to light green, palm green to greenish blue with lower surface and base of fingers usually pale yellow to yellowish orange.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Common carapace width: between 15 and 18 cm. Found intertidal to subtidal. Associated with shallow reef rubble, subtidal flats and estuarine pools, or in mangrove forests (Ref. 125642).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Ng, P.K.L. 1998 Crabs. p. 1045-1155. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks. Rome, FAO. 1998. pp. 687-1396. (Ref. 343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=2.39; tm=0.49).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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