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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region North Wales (Wales, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
90
153
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
90
153
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
28
41
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
28
41
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
28
41
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
15
23
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
14
22
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
12
20
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
3
5
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Wales
3 Families width 9 Species
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab5SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18382SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North Wales
5 Genera with 9 Species
Eurynome Leach, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Hyas Leach, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 18143SpeciesTaxom
Maja Lamarck, 17881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Wales
9 Species
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 deflexa Forest, 1978
Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761Common spider crab
Macropodia tenuirostris Leach, 1814Slender spider crab
Maja brachydactyla Herbst, 1788Atlantic Sea Spider Crab

Subnodes of Majoidea with occurrences in North Wales
FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOregoniidae
Garth, 1958
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