Decanet taxon details
Planaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
870201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870201)
accepted
Genus
Planaja plana Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015 (type by original designation)
marine
Ng, P.K.L.; Richer de Forges, B. (2015). Revision of the spider crabs of the genus <em>Maja </em>Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 63: 110-225. [details] Available for editors 

Etymology The name is an arbitrary combination of the Latin “planus” for flat and Maja.
Etymology The name is an arbitrary combination of the Latin “planus” for flat and Maja. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Planaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870201 on 2025-05-17
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original description
Ng, P.K.L.; Richer de Forges, B. (2015). Revision of the spider crabs of the genus <em>Maja </em>Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 63: 110-225. [details] Available for editors 

From editor or global species database
Etymology The name is an arbitrary combination of the Latin “planus” for flat and Maja. [details]