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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
137
271
410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
269
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
49
96
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
48
91
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
44
82
141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
13
29
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
13
29
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
10
26
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
4
11
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Newfoundland
4 Families width 16 Species
Oregoniidae Garth, 19587SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab3SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Newfoundland
11 Genera with 16 Species
Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1788Snow crab2SpeciesTaxom
Ericerodes Rathbun, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Hyas Leach, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Oregonia Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Pugettia Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Scyra Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Stenocionops Desmarest, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 17881SpeciesTaxom
Thersandrus Rathbun, 18671SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Newfoundland
16 Species
Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun, 1924Bairdi
Chionoecetes opilio Fabricius, 1788Atlantic snow crab
Ericerodes gracilipes Stimpson, 1871
Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851
Hyas araneus Linnaeus, 1758Atlantic lyre crab
Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815Arctic lyre crab
Hyas lyratus Dana, 1851Lyre Crab
Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777Scorpion spider crab
Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761Common spider crab
Oregonia gracilis Dana, 1851Graceful decorator crab
Pugettia gracilis Dana, 1851Graceful kelp crab
Pugettia richii Dana, 1851Cryptic kelp crab
Scyra acutifrons Dana, 1852Sharp-nosed Crab
Stenocionops coelatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Stenorhynchus seticornis Herbst, 1788Arrow crab
Thersandrus compressus Desbonne, 1867

Subnodes of Majoidea with occurrences in Newfoundland
FamilyEpialtidae
MacLeay, 1838
Kelp Crabs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyOregoniidae
Garth, 1958
3
7
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