Name - Majoidea Samouelle 1819
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:909155 [metadata]
Variants and Synonyms
Reported Taxonomic Ranks
Superfamily
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Arthropoda (Phylum) Crustacea (Subphylum) Malacostraca (Class) Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Eucarida (Superorder) Decapoda (Order) Reptantia (Suborder) Brachyura (Infraorder) |
References
Recent Publications
- A redescription of Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836) zoeas with a discussion of the classification of the Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Brachyura).
- Description of Priscinachus elongatus n. gen., n. sp., and Priscinachidae n. fam. for the earliest spider crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Majoidea), from the French Cretaceous (Cenomanian).
- Majoidea crabs from Guadeloupe Island, with a documented list of species for the Lesser Antilles (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea).
- PART R, REVISED, VOLUME 1, CHAPTER 8T11: SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS: SUPERFAMILY MAJOIDEA.
- Formal re-establishment of Macrocheiridae Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) for the giant spider crab Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836) based on a reappraisal of morphological and genetic characters.
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