Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as:
- Scylla serrata
- Scylla tranquebarica
- Scylla paramamosain
- Members of the family Panopeidae, such as Panopeus herbstii
- Members of the family Xanthidae
- Helice crassa, the tunnelling mud crab
In fiction, "mudcrab" can also refer to:
- Mudcrab, one of the creatures of Morrowind and later games in the Elder Scrolls series, based on the Scylla serrata.
Famous quotes containing the words mud and/or crab:
“... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.”
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)
“There are no small number of people in this world who, solitary by nature,
always try to go back into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)