Name - Majoidea Samouelle 1819

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:909155 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Majoidea

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Superfamily

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

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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