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Maja Lamarck, 1801

Maja squinado

AphiaID

106909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106909)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788 accepted as Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) (type by subsequent designation)

Typetaxon of

Maïadae Samouelle, 1819

Parent

Majinae Samouelle, 1819

Original name

Maja Lamarck, 1801

Synonymised names

Maia Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (vernacular name)

Maïa Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Maja (Maja) · unaccepted (new status)

Mamaia Stebbing, 1904 · unaccepted (unneccesary replacement name for...)

unneccesary replacement name for Maja Lamarck, 1801

Meria Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Direct children (42)

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Species Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922
Species Maja cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Maja crispata Risso, 1827
Species Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)
Subgenus Maja (Acanthonyx) Latreille, 1828 accepted as Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 (superceded status)
1. Species Maja (Acanthonyx) 4-dentatus Krauss, 1843 accepted as Maja (Acanthonyx) quadridentatus Krauss, 1843 accepted as Acanthonyx quadridentatus (Krauss, 1843) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
2. Species Maja (Acanthonyx) macleaii Krauss, 1843 accepted as Acanthonyx scutellatus MacLeay, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
3. Species Maja (Acanthonyx) quadridentatus Krauss, 1843 accepted as Acanthonyx quadridentatus (Krauss, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Maja (Chorinus) Latreille, 1825 accepted as Chorinus Latreille, 1825 (superseded status)
1. Species Maja (Chorinus) longispinus De Haan, 1839 accepted as Prismatopus longispinus (De Haan, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Maja (Dione) De Haan, 1839 accepted as Schizophrys White, 1848 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
1. Species Maja (Dione) affinis De Haan, 1839 accepted as Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subgenus Maja (Huenia) De Haan, 1837 accepted as Huenia De Haan, 1837 (status change)
1. Species Maja (Huenia) elongata De Haan, 1837 accepted as Huenia heraldica (De Haan, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
2. Species Maja (Huenia) heraldica De Haan, 1837 accepted as Huenia heraldica (De Haan, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
3. Species Maja (Huenia) proteus De Haan, 1839 accepted as Huenia heraldica (De Haan, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subgenus Maja (Maja) accepted as Maja Lamarck, 1801 (new status)
1. Species Maja (Maja) spinigera De Haan, 1837 accepted as Paramaya spinigera (De Haan, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Maja (Paramithrax) accepted as Paramithrax H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (new status)
1. Species Maja (Paramithrax) edwardsii De Haan, 1835 accepted as Leptomithrax edwardsii (De Haan, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja africana Griffin & Tranter, 1986 accepted as Sakaija africana (Griffin & Tranter, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja ambigua A Costa, 1840 accepted as Pisa muscosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maja bisarmata Rathbun, 1916 accepted as Rathbunaja bisarmata (Rathbun, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja brevispinosa Dai, 1981 accepted as Ovimaja compressipes (Miers, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maja camtschatica Tilesius, 1815 accepted as Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja compressipes (Miers, 1879) accepted as Ovimaja compressipes (Miers, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja confragosa Griffin & Tranter, 1986 accepted as Alcomaja confragosa (Griffin & Tranter, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja erinacea Ninni, 1924 accepted as Maja crispata Risso, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maja gracilipes Chen & Ng, 1999 accepted as Alcomaja gracilipes (Chen & Ng, 1999) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932 accepted as Sakaija japonica (Rathbun, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja japonica Yokoya, 1933 accepted as Sakaija japonica (Rathbun, 1932) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Species Maja Kaempferi Temminck, 1836 accepted as Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja kominatoensis (Kubo, 1936) accepted as Paramaja kominatoensis Kubo, 1936 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja linapacanensis Rathbun, 1916 accepted as Ovimaja compressipes (Miers, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maja miersii Walker, 1887 accepted as Holthuija miersii (Walker, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja nagashimaensis Sakai, 1969 accepted as Alcomaja nagashimaensis (Sakai, 1969) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja nipponensis Sakai, 1934 accepted as Sakaija japonica (Rathbun, 1932) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maja sakaii Takeda & Miyake, 1969 accepted as Sakaija sakaii (Takeda & Miyake, 1969) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja spinigera (De Haan, 1837) accepted as Paramaya spinigera (De Haan, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja suluensis Rathbun, 1916 accepted as Holthuija suluensis (Rathbun, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839 accepted as Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maja verrucosa H. Milne Edwards accepted as Maia verrucosa H. Milne Edwards, 1834 accepted as Maja crispata Risso, 1827 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling of genus name)

Environment

marine

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 154 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Maja Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106909 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2005-03-24 08:41:58Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-19 07:58:39Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2020-09-13 13:55:19Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 154 [details]

original description (of Mamaia Stebbing, 1904) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1904). Gregarious Crustacea from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica. 2 (5): 1-29, pls. 1-6. [details]

original description (of Meria Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) Griffith, E.; Pidgeon, E. (1833). The Classes Annelida, Crustacea, and Arachnida, Arranged by the Baron Cuvier with Supplementary Additions to Each Order. In: The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its Organisation, by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary addition to each order. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., London, vol. 13(34–36): viii + 540 pp., Crustacea Pls. 1–23. [details]

context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. Diversity. 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors

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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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]