''Maja'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
majid crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...
s erected by
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biologi ...
in 1801. It includes the following extant species:
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Maja africana''
Griffin & Tranter, 1996
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Maja bisarmata''
Rathbun, 1916
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Maja brachydactyla''
Balss, 1922
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Maja capensis''
Ortmann, 1894
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Maja compressipes''
(Miers, 1879)
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Maja confragosa''
Griffin & Tranter, 1996
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Maja crispata''
Risso, 1827
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Maja erinacea''
de Ninni, 1924
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Maja gibba''
Alcock, 1899
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Maja goltziana''
d'Oliviera, 1888
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Maja gracilipes''
Chen & Ng, 1999
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Maja japonica''
Rathbun, 1932
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Maja kominatoensis''
Kubo, 1936
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Maja linapacanensis''
Rathbun, 1916
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Maja miersii''
Walker, 1887
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Maja sakaii''
Takeda & Miyake, 1969
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Maja spinigera''
(De Haan, 1837)
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Maja squinado
''Maja squinado'' (the European spider crab, spiny spider crab or spinous spider crab) is a species of Animal migration, migratory crab found in the Mediterranean Sea. The appearance of the European spider crab is similar to the much larger Japan ...
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(Herbst, 1788)
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Maja suluensis''
Rathbun, 1916
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Maja tuberculata''
De Haan, 1839
A further 12 species are known from
fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...
s.
References
Majoidea
Decapod genera
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