AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
87
159
215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
87
159
215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
55
104
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
55
104
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
50
98
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
30
65
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
26
58
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
20
44
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
3
7
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Equatorial Guinea
3 Families width 12 Species
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Equatorial Guinea
7 Genera with 12 Species
Acanthonyx Latreille, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Achaeus Leach, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Herbstia H. Milne-Edw..., 19811SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 17612SpeciesTaxom
Pisa Leach, 18793SpeciesTaxom
Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 17882SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Equatorial Guinea
12 Species
Acanthonyx brevifrons A. Milne-Edw..., 1869
Acanthonyx minor Manning & Ho..., 1981
Achaeus turbator Manning & Ho..., 1981
Herbstia nitida Manning & Ho..., 1981
Inachus grallator Manning & Ho..., 1981
Macropodia macrocheles A. Milne-Edw..., 1898
Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761Common spider crab
Pisa armata Latreille, 1803Gibb's Sea Spider
Pisa calva Forest & Guinot, 1966
Pisa carinimana Miers, 1879
Stenorhynchus lanceolatus Brullé, 1837Arrow Crab
Stenorhynchus seticornis Herbst, 1788Arrow crab

Subnodes of Majoidea with occurrences in Equatorial Guinea
FamilyEpialtidae
MacLeay, 1838
Kelp Crabs
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
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