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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region Australasia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
449
2940
10646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
446
2933
10634
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
166
1273
5314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
163
1263
5250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
153
1201
4946
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
81
673
2347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
70
607
2195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
53
486
1752
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
6
106
315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australasia
6 Families width 315 Species and 1 Subspecies
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs115SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 183866SpeciesTaxom
Inachoididae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab120SpeciesTaxom
Mithracidae Balss, 19296SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 19587SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Majoidea with occurrences in Australasia
FamilyEpialtidae
MacLeay, 1838
Kelp Crabs
37
115
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
23
66
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyInachoididae
Dana, 1851
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
37
120
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMithracidae
Balss, 1929
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOregoniidae
Garth, 1958
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Majoidea at artfakta.se
Majoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Majoidea at dyntaxa.se
Majoidea at itis.gov
Majoidea at marinespecies.org