Decanet taxon details
Alcomaja desmondi Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
870213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870213)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 
Type locality contained in Balicasag Island
type locality contained in Balicasag Island [details]
Etymology The name is formed to honor Desmond Griffin, a carcinologist who devoted a large part of his life to the taxonomy of...
Etymology The name is formed to honor Desmond Griffin, a carcinologist who devoted a large part of his life to the taxonomy of Indo-West Pacific majoid crabs. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Alcomaja desmondi Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870213 on 2025-09-13
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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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The name is formed to honor Desmond Griffin, a carcinologist who devoted a large part of his life to the taxonomy of Indo-West Pacific majoid crabs. [details]
