FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

1146 Crabs
Episesarma singaporense (Tweedie, 1936)
En - Singapore vinegar crab.
Maximum carapace width 4 cm. Inhabits mangroves. Collected by hand in good numbers for food,
and is usually sold fresh in markets or pickled in vinegar. Occurs in parts of Southeast Asia.
Plagusia tuberculata Lamarck, 1818
outer surface of chela
En - Tuberculated Sally-light-foot.
Maximum carapace width about 4 cm. On rocks just above the splash zone. Collected by hand and
traps for food in rural communities, and usually pickled in vinegar or sauce as a food supplement.
Indo Pacific in distribution, reaching New Zealand, Hawaii, French Polynesia, and California in the
eastern Pacific.
(after Tung et al., 1986)
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