Giant mud crab

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phylum Arthropoda Scylla serrata (often called mud crab or mangrove crab, although both terms are highly ambiguous, as well as black crab) is an ecologically important species of crab found in the estuaries and mangroves of Africa, Australasia and Asia. In their most common form, the shell color varies from a deep, mottled green to very dark brown.

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subphylum Crustacea
class Malacostraca
order Decapoda
infraorder Brachyura
family Portunidae
genus Scylla
species S. serrata