WoRMS taxon details
Rathbunaja brevipes Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
870236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870236)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ng, P.K.L.; Richer de Forges, B. (2015). Revision of the spider crabs of the genus <em>Maja </em>Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 63: 110-225. [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology The species is named after its relatively short ambulatory legs.
Etymology The species is named after its relatively short ambulatory legs. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Rathbunaja brevipes Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870236 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Ng, P.K.L.; Richer de Forges, B. (2015). Revision of the spider crabs of the genus <em>Maja </em>Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 63: 110-225. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The species is named after its relatively short ambulatory legs. [details]
