Chinese Register of Marine Species

Chinese
Register of
Marine Species
(ChaRMS)

ChaRMS taxon details

Maja Lamarck, 1801

Maja squinado

AphiaID

106909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106909)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Majinae Samouelle, 1819

Original name

Maja Lamarck, 1801

Synonymised names

Maia Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (vernacular name)

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Species Maja compressipes (Miers, 1879) accepted as Ovimaja compressipes (Miers, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja gracilipes Chen & Ng, 1999 accepted as Alcomaja gracilipes (Chen & Ng, 1999) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932 accepted as Sakaija japonica (Rathbun, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja kominatoensis (Kubo, 1936) accepted as Paramaja kominatoensis Kubo, 1936 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja sakaii Takeda & Miyake, 1969 accepted as Sakaija sakaii (Takeda & Miyake, 1969) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja spinigera (De Haan, 1837) accepted as Paramaya spinigera (De Haan, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 154 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Maja Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106909 on 2026-08-31

Regional species database citation

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Maja Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106909 on 2026-08-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2005-03-24 08:41:58Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-19 07:58:39Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2020-09-13 13:55:19Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 154 [details]

context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. Diversity. 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors

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). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors