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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region Denmark (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
187
513
990
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
186
511
988
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
65
134
225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
64
131
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
61
126
212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
33
62
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
27
46
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
23
41
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
4
8
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Denmark
4 Families width 15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Oregoniidae (Garth, 1958)5SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab5SpeciesTaxom
Macrocheiridae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Denmark
8 Genera with 15 Species
Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1788Snow crab1SpeciesTaxom
Dorhynchus Thomson, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Eurynome Leach, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Hyas Leach, 18575SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Macrocheira De Haan, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 18143SpeciesTaxom
Maja Lamarck, 17881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Denmark
15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chionoecetes opilio Fabricius, 1788Atlantic snow crab
Dorhynchus thomsoni Thomson, 1873Australian stork's bill
Eurynome aspera Fabricius, 1798
Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851
Hyas araneus Linnaeus, 1758Atlantic lyre crab
Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815Arctic lyre crab
Hyas coarctatus coarctatus (Leach, 1815)⇒ Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815
Hyas latifrons (Stimpson, 1857)⇒ Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851
Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777Scorpion spider crab
Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817
Inachus phalangium Fabricius, 1775Leach's Spider Crab
Macrocheira kaempferi Temminck, 1836Crabzilla
Macropodia deflexa Forest, 1978
Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761Common spider crab
Macropodia tenuirostris Leach, 1814Slender spider crab
Maja squinado Herbst, 1788Common spider crab

Subnodes of Majoidea with occurrences in Denmark
FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrocheiridae
Dana, 1851
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOregoniidae
Garth, 1958
2
5
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