WoRMS taxon details
Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)
107350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107350)
accepted
Species
Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maia squinado (Herbst, 1788) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Maja squinado var. brachydactyla Balss, 1922 accepted as Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Maja squinado var. capensis Ortmann, 1894 accepted as Maja cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details] 
Distribution abundant on west and south-west British coasts, less common in the North Sea.
Distribution abundant on west and south-west British coasts, less common in the North Sea. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107350 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839) De Haan, W. (1833–1850). Crustacea. <em>In: von Siebold, P.F., Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823-1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit.</em> i–xxxi, ix–xvi, 1–243, pls. A–J, L–Q, 1–55. Lugduni-Batavorum. [Dates of publication per Holthuis, 1953: 1833 (ix–xvi, De Haan's "Praemissa" & "Expositio"; 1–24, pls. 1–8, A, B, circ. 2), 1835 (25–64, pls. 9–15, 17, C, D), 1837 (65–72, pls. 16, 18–24, E, F), 1839 (73–108, pls. 25–32, G, H), 1841 (109–164, pls. 33–37, 39–42, 47), 1844 (pls. 38, 43–46, 48, 51–55, I–N), 1849 (165–196, 197–243, pls. 49, 50 O–Q), 1849 (i–xxxi, De Haan's "Praefatio"), 1850 (vii–xvii, Von Siebold's "Commentatio")). [details]
original description (of Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]
context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors
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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 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)]. <em>Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]
context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 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)]. <em>Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution abundant on west and south-west British coasts, less common in the North Sea. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gërthia e madhe me gjëmba | [details] |
| Basque | txangurro | [details] |
| Catalan | cabra | [details] |
| Dutch | spinkrabMiddellandse-Zeezeespingrote spinkrabgewone spinkrabgaber [from synonym]Europese spinkrabAugustineuskrab [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | thorn-back spider crabspiny crab [from synonym]spinous spider crabspider crab [from synonym]Mediterranean spider crabcommon spider crab | [details] |
| French | crabe araignéearaignée de meraraignée de Méditerranéearaignee [from synonym] | [details] |
| Galician | centolo | [details] |
| German | TeufelskrabbeMittelmeer-SeespinneGrosse Seespinne [from synonym]Große Seespinne | [details] |
| Italian | granceola | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Καβουρομάνα | [details] |
| Portuguese | santola [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | centollocentolla [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | spindelkrabba [from synonym] | [details] |
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (244 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (321 publications) (from synonym Maia squinado (Herbst, 1788))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maja squinado)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records)
To ITIS
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (244 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (321 publications) (from synonym Maia squinado (Herbst, 1788))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maja squinado)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records)
To ITIS
