Mud crab may refer to any
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...
that lives in or near
mud
Mud (, or Middle Dutch) is loam, silt or clay mixed with water. Mud is usually formed after rainfall or near water sources. Ancient mud deposits hardened over geological time to form sedimentary rock such as shale or mudstone (generally cal ...
, such as:
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Scylla serrata
''Scylla serrata'' (often called mud crab or mangrove crab, although both terms are highly ambiguous, and black crab) is an ecologically important species of crab found in the estuaries and mangroves of Africa, Australia, and Asia. In their ...
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Scylla tranquebarica''
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Scylla paramamosain''
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Scylla olivacea''
*Members of the family
Panopeidae
The Panopeidae are a family (biology), family containing 26 genera of morphologically similar crabs, often known as "mud crabs". Their center of diversity, centers of diversity are the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
Distribution
Most ...
, such as ''
Panopeus herbstii''
*Members of the family
Xanthidae
Xanthidae is a family (biology), family of crabs known as gorilla crabs, mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. Xanthid crabs are often brightly coloured and are highly poisonous, containing toxins which are not destroyed by cooking and for wh ...
*''Helice crassa'', the
tunnelling mud crab
{{animal common name
Crabs
ja:ノコギリガザミ