WoRMS taxon details
Ovimaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
870202 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870202)
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Genus
Paramithrax (Leptomithrax) compressipes Miers, 1879 accepted as Ovimaja compressipes (Miers, 1879) (type by original designation)
marine
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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Etymology The genus name is derived from an arbitrary combination of the Latin “ovum” for egg and Maja, alluding to the egg-like...
Etymology The genus name is derived from an arbitrary combination of the Latin “ovum” for egg and Maja, alluding to the egg-like appearance of the carapace of the type species. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Ovimaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870202 on 2024-11-21
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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 [request]
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Etymology The genus name is derived from an arbitrary combination of the Latin “ovum” for egg and Maja, alluding to the egg-like appearance of the carapace of the type species. [details]
