Majoidea
superfamily of crustaceans
Majoidea is a superfamily of crabs, infraorder Brachyura. Majoidea contains five or six families:[1]
- Epialtidae
- Hymenosomatidae – but it may not belong in this group [2]
- Inachidae
- Inachoididae
- Majidae
- Oregoniidae
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| The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) | |
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| Superfamily: | Majoidea
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References change
- ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Danièle Guinot (2011). "The position of the Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838, within the Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2890: 40–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2890.1.4.