Biology:Maja (genus)

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Maja
Maja squinado underside.jpg
Maja squinado
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Majidae
Genus: Maja
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788

Maja is a genus of majid crabs erected by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1801. It includes the following extant species:[1]

  • Maja africana Griffin & Tranter, 1996
  • Maja bisarmata Rathbun, 1916
  • Maja capensis Ortmann, 1894
  • Maja compressipes (Miers, 1879)
  • Maja confragosa Griffin & Tranter, 1996
  • Maja crispata Risso, 1827
  • Maja erinacea de Ninni, 1924
  • Maja gibba Alcock, 1899
  • Maja goltziana d'Oliviera, 1888
  • Maja gracilipes Chen & Ng, 1999
  • Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932
  • Maja kominatoensis Kubo, 1936
  • Maja linapacanensis Rathbun, 1916
  • Maja miersii Walker, 1887
  • Maja sakaii Takeda & Miyake, 1969
  • Maja spinigera (De Haan, 1837)
  • Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)
  • Maja suluensis Rathbun, 1916
  • Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839


A further 12 species are known from fossils.[2]

References

  1. Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  2. Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2224398 entry