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Checklist for Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Spider crabs)
and region Scotland (Great Britain, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
182
469
862
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
180
465
856
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
57
120
234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
56
114
225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
53
106
217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
22
44
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
19
40
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
16
36
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs
5
12
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Scotland
5 Families width 20 Species
Inachidae (MacLeay, 1838)6SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab9SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Mithracidae Balss, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Scotland
12 Genera with 20 Species
Achaeus Leach, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Dorhynchus Thomson, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Eurynome Leach, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Hyas Leach, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Macropodia Leach, 18146SpeciesTaxom
Maja Lamarck, 17881SpeciesTaxom
Mithrax Desmarest, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Pisa Leach, 1814
0SpeciesTaxom
Rochinia A. Milne-Edw..., 18731SpeciesTaxom
Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Xenocarcinus White, 18471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scotland
20 Species
Achaeus cranchii Leach, 1817Cranch's Spider Crab
Dorhynchus thomsoni Thomson, 1873Australian stork's bill
Eurynome aspera Fabricius, 1798
Eurynome spinosa Hailstone, 1835
Hyas araneus Linnaeus, 1758Atlantic lyre crab
Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815Arctic lyre crab
Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777Scorpion spider crab
Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817
Inachus phalangium Fabricius, 1775Leach's Spider Crab
Macropodia deflexa Forest, 1978
Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zar..., 1964
Macropodia longirostris Fabricius, 1775Spider crab
Macropodia parva Van Noort & ..., 1985
Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761Common spider crab
Macropodia tenuirostris Leach, 1814Slender spider crab
Maja brachydactyla Herbst, 1788Atlantic Sea Spider Crab
Mithrax pleuracanthus Stimpson, 1871Shaggy clinging crab
Rochinia carpenteri Thomson, 1873
Stenorhynchus rostratus (Miers, 1881)⇒ Microphrys weddelli H. Milne Edw..., 1851
Xenocarcinus tuberculatus White, 1847Wire Coral Crab

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

Taxom

FamilyInachidae
MacLeay, 1838
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMajidae
Samouelle, 1819
spider crab, Spider crabs
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMithracidae
Balss, 1929
1
1
Genus
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