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Majidae Samouelle 1819

Description

Majidae Samouelle, 1819

Eurynome aspera (Pennant, 1777) —CNI Fransen (1991); 10–200 m—CVI A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900); 61–318 m—Benthic, 10–1216 m. EAWD.

Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 —CNI type-locality (as M. squinado brachydactyla); 0–72 m—CVI Türkay (1982, as M. squinado); depth unknown—Benthic, 0– 91 m. EAWT.

Maja crispata Risso, 1827 —CNI absent (incorrect records)—CVI A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900, as M. verrucosa); 84 m—Benthic, 0.5– 95 m. ATLM.

Neomaja goltziana (d’Oliveira, 1889) —CNI Santaella (1973, as Maja goltziana); 50–287 m—Benthic, 27– 250 m. ATLM.

Notes

Published as part of González, José A., 2018, Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions, pp. 401-448 in Zootaxa 4413 (3) on page 425, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769606

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Majidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Samouelle
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Majidae Samouelle, 1819 sec. González, 2018

References

  • Fransen, C. H. J. M. (1991) Preliminary report on Crustacea collected in the eastern part of the North Atlantic during the CANCAP and MAURITANIA Expeditions of the former Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, vi + 200 pp.
  • Milne-Edwards, A. & Bouvier, E. L. (1900) Brachyures et Anomoures. In: Crustaces Decapodes, Premiere Partie. Expedition scientific Travailleur et Talisman, 6, 1 - 396. [Paris]
  • Turkay, M. (1982) Marine Crustacea Decapoda von den Kapverdischen Inseln mit Bemerkungen zur Zoogeographie des Gebietes. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 52, 91 - 129.
  • Santaella, E. (1973) Estudio de los Crustaceos Decapodos (excepto Peneidea) del archipielago canario, con especial referencia a las especies de la Seccion Brachyura. Tesis Doctoral, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, 654 pp.