Maja

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Majoidea

Familia: Majidae
Subfamily: Majinae
Genus: Maja
Species: M. brachydactyla – M. cornuta – M. crispata – M. squinado – M. tuberculata – M. verrucosa
Name

Maja Lamarck, 1801

Type species: Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788
References

Ng, P.K.L. & Richer de Forges, B. 2015. Revision of the spider crab genus Maja Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 110–225. PDF. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: European Spider Crab, Spiny Spider Crab
español: Centollas
français: Araignée de mer, araignée épineuse, crabe-araignée
italiano: Grancevole
vèneto: Granzéole

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 brachydactyla Balss, 1922
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

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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.