DecaNet taxon details
Rathbunaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
870203 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870203)
accepted
Genus
Maja bisarmata Rathbun, 1916 accepted as Rathbunaja bisarmata (Rathbun, 1916) (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 genus is named after Mary Jane Rathbun. The name is an arbitrary combination of her family name with Maja.
Etymology The genus is named after Mary Jane Rathbun. The name is an arbitrary combination of her family name with Maja. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Rathbunaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870203 on 2025-04-05
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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 genus is named after Mary Jane Rathbun. The name is an arbitrary combination of her family name with Maja. [details]
