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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region East Asia (Far East)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
378
2331
9081
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
373
2325
9073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
174
1445
6501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
172
1435
6445
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
158
1364
6043
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
90
824
3260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
79
751
3062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
61
583
2395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
7
107
331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Asia
7 Families width 331 Species and 6 Subspecies
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs136SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 183875SpeciesTaxom
Inachoididae Dana, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Macrocheiridae Dana, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab93SpeciesTaxom
Mithracidae Balss, 19298SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 195812SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Majoidea with occurrences in East Asia
FamilyEpialtidae
MacLeay, 1838
Kelp Crabs
41
136
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
19
75
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyInachoididae
Dana, 1851
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrocheiridae
Dana, 1851
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
36
93
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMithracidae
Balss, 1929
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOregoniidae
Garth, 1958
4
12
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