WoRMS name details
Maja africana Griffin & Tranter, 1986
442022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442022)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Griffin, D.J.G., Tranter, H.A. (1986). The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Monografie.</em> 39c4: [i–vii], 1–335. [details] Available for editors
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DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Maja africana Griffin & Tranter, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=442022 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Griffin, D.J.G., Tranter, H.A. (1986). The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Monografie.</em> 39c4: [i–vii], 1–335. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ng, P.K.L.; Richer de Forges, B. (2015). Revision of the spider crabs of the genus <em>Maja </em>Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 63: 110-225. [details] Available for editors
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