Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Kingdom Eubrachyura > Kingdom Heterotremata > Superfamily Majoidea > Family Majidae > Subfamily Majinae > Genus Maja

Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Maja*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Maia*	Lamarck, 1801	orthographic variant
*Maia*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grote spinkrab

French: grande araignée de mer

Literature

original description	Balss, H. 1922. Crustace Decapoda (in Michaelsen, W. Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Land- und Susswasser- fauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas.) Ergebn. Hamburger deutschsüdw. afrik. Studienreise 1911 2 1922 pp. 71-72.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp.
additional source	d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventaire et distribution des crustacés décapodes de l'Atlantique nord-oriental, de la Méditerranée et des eaux continentales adjacentes au nord de 25°N [Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N]. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
GenBank (47 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Fransen, C. (2014). Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107347