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Decanet taxon detailsOvimaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
870202 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870202)
accepted
Genus
Paramithrax (Leptomithrax) compressipes Miers, 1879 accepted as Ovimaja compressipes (Miers, 1879) (type by original designation)
marine
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
Etymology The genus name is derived from an arbitrary combination of the Latin “ovum” for egg and Maja, alluding to the egg-like...
Etymology The genus name is derived from an arbitrary combination of the Latin “ovum” for egg and Maja, alluding to the egg-like appearance of the carapace of the type species. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Ovimaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870202 on 2025-05-14
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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
From editor or global species database
Etymology The genus name is derived from an arbitrary combination of the Latin “ovum” for egg and Maja, alluding to the egg-like appearance of the carapace of the type species. [details]
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