Scylla paramamosain: Difference between revisions

''Scylla paramamosain'' is found in [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[Taiwan]], [[China]] (including [[Hong Kong]]), [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=Crabs_of_japan&id=1083 |title=''Scylla paramamosain'' Estampador, 1949 |work=Crabs of Japan |accessdate=June 18, 2011}}</ref> It is now produced by [[aquaculture]] farms in southern Vietnam.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pond production of the mud crabs ''Scylla paramamosain'' (Estampador) and ''S. olivacea'' (Herbst) in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, using two different supplementary diets |journal=[[Aquaculture Research]] |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01089.x |volume=35 |issue=11 |pages=1013–1024 |author=Stig M. Christensen, |author2=Donald J. Macintosh & |author3=Nguyen T. Phuong |last-author-amp=yes|year=2004 }}</ref>

''Scylla paramamosain'' was described by Eulogio P. Estampador in 1949, as a [[subspecies]] of ''[[Scylla serrata]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=W. Stephenson |author2=B. Campbell |lastauthoramp=yes |year=1960 |title=The Australian Portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae). IV. Remaining Genera |journal=[[Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research]] |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=73–122 |doi=10.1071/MF9600073}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter="Seedling" production and pond culture of hatchery-produced juveniles of the mud crab ''Scylla oceanica'' Dana, 1852 |author=Jesse D. Ronquillo, |author2=Zandro V. Pura & |author3=Rex M. Traifalgar |last-author-amp=yes |pages=999–1011 |title=Crustaceans and the Biodiversity Crisis: Proceedings of the Fourth International Crustacean Congress, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 20-24, 1998 |series=Crustacean Issues |volume=12 |editor=[[Frederick R. Schram]] & |editor-link=Frederick R. Schram |editor2=J. C. von Vaupel Klein |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |isbn=978-90-04-11387-9 |url=http://nsac.ca/aqua/images/MUDcrab.pdf }}</ref> It is now known that the crabs previously referred to as ''S. serrata'' in [[China]] were mostly ''S. paramamosain''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Ling-Bo Ma, |author2=Feng-Ying Zhang, |author3=Chun-Yan Ma & |author4=Zhen-Guo Qiao |last-author-amp=yes |year=2006 |title=''Scylla paramamosain'' (Estampador) the most common mud crab (Genus ''Scylla'') in China: evidence from mtDNA |journal=[[Aquaculture Research]] |volume=37 |issue=16 |pages=1694–1698 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01603.x}}</ref>