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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region Hastings (East Sussex, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
38
53
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
38
53
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
25
37
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
25
37
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
25
37
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
14
24
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
13
23
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
10
18
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
4
7
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Hastings
4 Families width 8 Species
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae (MacLeay, 1838)2SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Hastings
7 Genera with 8 Species
Huenia De Haan, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Hyas Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom
Maja Lamarck, 17881SpeciesTaxom
Prismatopus Ward, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 18811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Hastings
8 Species
Huenia halei Griffin & Tr..., 1986
Hyas araneus Linnaeus, 1758Atlantic lyre crab
Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777Scorpion spider crab
Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761Common spider crab
Macropodia tenuirostris Leach, 1814Slender spider crab
Maja brachydactyla Herbst, 1788Atlantic Sea Spider Crab
Prismatopus spatulifer Haswell, 1882
Stenorhynchus rostratus (Miers, 1881)⇒ Microphrys weddelli H. Milne Edw..., 1851

Subnodes of Majoidea with occurrences in Hastings
FamilyEpialtidae
MacLeay, 1838
Kelp Crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOregoniidae
Garth, 1958
1
1
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