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Maja (genus)
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Maja is a genus
of majid
crab
s, comprising the following extant species:
A further 12 species are known from fossil
s.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of majid
Majidae
Majidae is a family of crabs, comprising around 700 marine species with a carapace that is longer than it is broad, and which forms a point at the front. The legs can be very long in some species, leading to the name "spider crab"...
crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s, comprising the following extant species:
- Maja africana Griffin & Tranter, 1996
- Maja bisarmata Rathbun, 1916
- Maja capensisMaja capensisMaja capensis, the Agulhas spider crab, is a species of crab in the family Majidae.-Distribution:The Agulhas spider crab is known from the west coast of Africa and round the South African coast to Durban in 2–100 m of water.-Description:...
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 squinadoMaja squinadoMaja squinado is a species of migratory crab found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.-Diet:M...
(Herbst, 1788) - Maja suluensis Rathbun, 1916
- Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839
A further 12 species are known from fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
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