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 > Genus Maja

Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Maja*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Maia*	Lamarck, 1801	orthographic variant
*Maia*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gërthia e madhe me gjëmba sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: cabra

Dutch: Europese spinkrab sources: 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.

English: common spider crab; spinous spider crab sources: 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.

English-United States: Common Spider Crab sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: txangurro

French: araignée de mer; crabe araignée sources: 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.

Galician: centolo

Greek: Καβουρομάνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: granceola sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: centollo

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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (39 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (228 publications)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788). 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:107350