WoRMS taxon details
Majidae Samouelle, 1819
AphiaID: 106760
AphiaID: 106760
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Majoidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Majoidea | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Mamaiidae | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Aprocremnus Subfamily Eurynolambrinae Stevcic, 1994
Subfamily Inachinae Macleay, 1838 accepted as Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 Genus Maxioides accepted as Naxioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 Genus Micippe Latreille, 1828 accepted as Micippa Leach, 1817 Genus Ophthalmias Rathbun, 1897 accepted as Stilbognathus von Martens, 1866 Genus Ophthalmus accepted as Stilbognathus von Martens, 1866 Subfamily Oregoniinae Garth, 1958 accepted as Oregoniidae Garth, 1958 Genus Parathoe Miers, 1879 accepted as Perinia Dana, 1851 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106760 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Majidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106760 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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