Decanet taxon details
Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922
107347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107347)
accepted
Species
Maïa gigantea Baudouin, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maja squinado var. brachydactyla Balss, 1922 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mamaia queketti Stebbing, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Maja squinado var. brachydactyla Balss, 1922) Balss, H. (1922). Crustacea VII: Decapoda Brachyura (Oxyrhyncha bis Brachyrhyncha) und geographische Übersicht über Crustacea Decapoda. In: Michaelsen W (ed.), Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. Band III, Lieferung 3. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, pp. 72–110. , available online at https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Michaelsen%2C+W.+%28Wilhelm%29%2C+1860-1937%22 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107347 on 2025-09-11
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(of Maïa gigantea Baudouin, 1931) Baudouin, M. (1931). L'araignée de mer, dite 'Abraham' en Vendée. Espèce nouvelle: Maïa gigantea. Association française pour l'avancement des Sciences fusionnée avec l'Association scientifique de France, Compte rendu de la 55e session, Nancy 1931. Secrétariat de l'Association, Paris, pp. 256–258. [details]
original description (of Mamaia queketti Stebbing, 1908) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1908). South African Crustacea. Part IV. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 6: 1-96, pls. 1-15. [details]
original description (of Maja squinado var. brachydactyla Balss, 1922) Balss, H. (1922). Crustacea VII: Decapoda Brachyura (Oxyrhyncha bis Brachyrhyncha) und geographische Übersicht über Crustacea Decapoda. In: Michaelsen W (ed.), Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. Band III, Lieferung 3. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, pp. 72–110. , available online at https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Michaelsen%2C+W.+%28Wilhelm%29%2C+1860-1937%22 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
original description (of Mamaia queketti Stebbing, 1908) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1908). South African Crustacea. Part IV. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 6: 1-96, pls. 1-15. [details]
original description (of Maja squinado var. brachydactyla Balss, 1922) Balss, H. (1922). Crustacea VII: Decapoda Brachyura (Oxyrhyncha bis Brachyrhyncha) und geographische Übersicht über Crustacea Decapoda. In: Michaelsen W (ed.), Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. Band III, Lieferung 3. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, pp. 72–110. , available online at https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Michaelsen%2C+W.+%28Wilhelm%29%2C+1860-1937%22 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | grote spinkrabAtlantische zeespin | [details] |
| English | Atlantic spider crab | [details] |
| French | grande araignée de meraraignée de l'Atlantique | [details] |
| German | Atlantische Seespinne | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maja brachydactyla)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maja brachydactyla)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
From editor or global species database
