Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Kingdom Eubrachyura > Kingdom Heterotremata > Superfamily Majoidea > Family Majidae > Subfamily Majinae

Maja Lamarck, 1801

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Maia Lamarck, 1801 orthographic variant
Maia Lamarck, 1801 synonym

Children

Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922
Maja crispata Risso, 1827
Maja goltziana d’Oliveira, 1888
Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)

Literature

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

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.

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Citation

Davie, P. (2014). Maja Lamarck, 1801. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106909

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2011-01-19 by Peter Davie

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