WoRMS taxon details
Maja Lamarck, 1801
AphiaID: 106909
AphiaID: 106909
| 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) > Majidae (Family) > Majinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788 (type by subsequent designation) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Majinae Samouelle, 1819 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Maia Lamarck, 1801 (incorrect spelling) Mamaia Stebbing, 1904 (junior objective synonym by ICZN, Opinion 511) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Barnard, K.H., 1950. Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps).— Annals of the South African Museum 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subgenus Maja (Chorinus)
Species Maja bisarmata Rathbun, 1916 Species Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 Species Maja capensis Ortmann, 1894 Species Maja compressipes (Miers, 1879) Species Maja confragosa Griffin & Tranter, 1986 Species Maja crispata Risso, 1827 Species Maja erinacea de Ninni, 1924 Species Maja gibba Alcock, 1899 Species Maja goltziana d’Oliveira, 1888 Species Maja gracilipes Chen & Ng, 1999 Species Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932 Species Maja kominatoensis (Kubo, 1936) Species Maja linapacanensis Rathbun, 1916 Species Maja miersii Walker, 1887 Species Maja nagashimaensis Sakai, 1969 Species Maja sakaii Takeda & Miyake, 1969 Species Maja spinigera (De Haan, 1837) Species Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) Species Maja suluensis Rathbun, 1916 Species Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839 Species Maja brevispinosis Dai, 1981 accepted as Maja compressipes (Miers, 1879) Species Maja camtschatica Tilesius, 1815 accepted as Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815) Species Maja eriocheles Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Maja gigantea Baudouin, 1906 accepted as Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) Species Maja kaempferi Temminck, 1836 accepted as Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836) Species Maja nipponensis Sakai, 1934 accepted as Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932 Species Maja rosselii Audouin, 1826 accepted as Pseudomicippe rosselii (Audouin, 1826) Species Maja verrucosa Milne Edwards accepted as Maia verrucosa H. Milne Edwards, 1834 accepted as Maja crispata Risso, 1827 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106909 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Maja Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106909 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||
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