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:
“There will be mud on the carpet tonight
and blood in the gravy as well.
The wifebeater is out,
the childbeater is out
eating soil and drinking bullets from a cup.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“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)