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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region English Channel (Atlantic Ocean)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
49
66
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
49
66
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
33
44
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
32
43
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
31
41
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
18
24
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
17
23
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
14
19
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
4
5
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for English Channel
4 Families width 11 Species
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab4SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for English Channel
5 Genera with 11 Species
Eurynome Leach, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Hyas Leach, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 18143SpeciesTaxom
Pisa Leach, 18012SpeciesTaxom


Species list for English Channel
11 Species
Eurynome aspera Fabricius, 1798
Hyas araneus Linnaeus, 1758Atlantic lyre crab
Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815Arctic lyre crab
Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777Scorpion spider crab
Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817
Inachus phalangium Fabricius, 1775Leach's Spider Crab
Macropodia deflexa Forest, 1978
Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zar..., 1964
Macropodia tenuirostris Leach, 1814Slender spider crab
Pisa armata Latreille, 1803Gibb's Sea Spider
Pisa lanata Lamarck, 1801

Subnodes of Majoidea with occurrences in English Channel
FamilyEpialtidae
MacLeay, 1838
Kelp Crabs
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOregoniidae
Garth, 1958
1
2
Genus
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