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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region Jersey (Channel Islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
43
59
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
43
59
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
28
42
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
28
42
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
28
42
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
14
24
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
13
23
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
21
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
3
7
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Jersey
3 Families width 16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Inachidae MacLeay, 18388SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab6SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Jersey
7 Genera with 16 Species
Achaeus Leach, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Eurynome Leach, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 18143SpeciesTaxom
Maja Lamarck, 17882SpeciesTaxom
Pisa Leach, 17772SpeciesTaxom
Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Jersey
16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Achaeus cranchi
Achaeus cranchii Leach, 1817Cranch's Spider Crab
Eurynome aspera Fabricius, 1798
Inachus dorhynchus (Leach, 1814)⇒ Inachus phalangium Fabricius, 1775
Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777Scorpion spider crab
Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817
Inachus phalangium Fabricius, 1775Leach's Spider Crab
Macropodia longirostris Fabricius, 1775Spider crab
Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761Common spider crab
Macropodia tenuirostris Leach, 1814Slender spider crab
Maja brachydactyla Herbst, 1788Atlantic Sea Spider Crab
Maja squinado Herbst, 1788Common spider crab
Pisa armata Latreille, 1803Gibb's Sea Spider
Pisa tetraodon Pennant, 1777Four-horned spider crab
Stenorhynchus aegyptiacus
Stenorhynchus longirostris egyptius

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

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
3
6
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