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Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) 
AphiaID: 107350

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) > Maja (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Maja Lamarck, 1801
Synonymised
taxa
  Cancer cornutus Fabricius, 1787
Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788
Maia squinado (misspelling of genus name)
Maja gigantea Baudouin, 1906 (synonym)
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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian gërthia e madhe me gjëmba  [details]
Basque txangurro  [details]
Catalan cabra  [details]
Dutch Augustineuskrab (from synonym)  [details]
Dutch Europese spinkrab  [details]
Dutch gaber (from synonym)  [details]
Dutch gewone spinkrab  [details]
Dutch grote spinkrab  [details]
Dutch spinkrab  [details]
English common spider crab  [details]
English spider crab (from synonym)  [details]
English spinous spider crab  [details]
English spiny crab (from synonym)  [details]
French araignee (from synonym)  [details]
French araignée de mer  [details]
French crabe araignée  [details]
Galician centolo  [details]
German Grosse Seespinne (from synonym)  [details]
Italian granceola  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Καβουρομάνα  [details]
Portuguese santola (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish centolla (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish centollo  [details]
Swedish spindelkrabba (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic Coast of France [details]
Azores [details]
Belgian Coast [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Bizerte Lagoon [details]
Bredene [details]
Cadaques [details]
Calais [details]
Canaries [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Dakar [details]
De Haan [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
East Atlantic [details]
East Mediterranean [details]
English Channel [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gibraltar [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Gabès [details]
Hann [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Kerkennah Islands [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Namibia [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North Sea [details]
Ouakam [details]
Soumbedioune [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tunis [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Africa [details]
West Coast of England [details]
West Coast of Scotland [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (228 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: abundant on west and south-west British coasts, less common in the North Sea. [details]
Images 
Maja squinado - shield
Maja squinado - shield
added on 2006-09-12 - author: Nuyttens, Filip
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Maja squinado
Maja squinado
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Maja squinado
Maja squinado
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Grote spinkrab
Grote spinkrab
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Maja squinado
Maja squinado
added on 2011-10-31 - author: Collection VLIZ
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Maja squinado
Maja squinado
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
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Maja squinado
Maja squinado
added on 2012-02-13 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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Maja squinado
Maja squinado
added on 2012-02-13 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107350
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
  
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  Citation: Türkay, M. (2013). Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107350 on 2013-05-26
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