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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region North Sea (Atlantic Ocean)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
106
190
330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
105
189
329
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
46
85
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
45
83
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
44
82
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
22
39
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
21
38
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
18
32
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
4
7
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Sea
4 Families width 13 Species
Oregoniidae Garth, 19583SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab6SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae (MacLeay, 1838)3SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North Sea
7 Genera with 13 Species
Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1788Snow crab1SpeciesTaxom
Eurynome Leach, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Hyas Leach, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 18145SpeciesTaxom
Pisa Leach, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 18811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Sea
13 Species
Chionoecetes opilio Fabricius, 1788Atlantic snow crab
Eurynome aspera Fabricius, 1798
Hyas araneus Linnaeus, 1758Atlantic lyre crab
Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815Arctic lyre crab
Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777Scorpion spider crab
Inachus phalangium Fabricius, 1775Leach's Spider Crab
Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zar..., 1964
Macropodia longipes A. Milne-Edw..., 1899
Macropodia parva Van Noort & ..., 1985
Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761Common spider crab
Macropodia tenuirostris Leach, 1814Slender spider crab
Pisa armata Latreille, 1803Gibb's Sea Spider
Stenorhynchus rostratus (Miers, 1881)⇒ Microphrys weddelli H. Milne Edw..., 1851

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

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOregoniidae
Garth, 1958
2
3
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