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mud crab

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mud crab
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions


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Among the fisheries impacted would be: * northern Australian prawn fisheries * the Tasmanian rock lobster and abalone fisheries, due to the spread of the long-spined sea urchin south along the east coast of Tasmania * coral reefs, due to increased coral bleaching; this would have flow-on effects for fisheries based on reef-associated species, such as coral trout and red emperor * northern barramundi, prawn and mud crab fisheries through changes in rainfall patterns.
One blogger ponders that mud crabs could have eaten everything else - much in the same way, supposedly, that we humans discard crabs' feet and legs once we have dined on the meat.
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