Eualus macilentus, author: Nozes, Claude
Atlantic spider crab - Maja brachydactyla
Hyas coarctatus (Linnaeus, 1758), author: Hillewaert, Hans
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WoRMS taxon details

Holthuija cognata Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015

870221  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870221)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Majoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Majidae (Family)
  16. Majinae (Subfamily)
  17. Holthuija (Genus)
  18. Holthuija cognata (Species)
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  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in Kii Peninsula  
type locality contained in Kii Peninsula [details]
Etymology The species name alludes to the close relationship of the new species with H. pauli n. sp. and H. miersii.
  
Etymology The species name alludes to the close relationship of the new species with H. pauli n. sp. and H. miersii.
 [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Holthuija cognata Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870221 on 2025-05-15
Date
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2016-02-15 08:53:12Z
created
Ng, Peter
2016-06-07 06:26:06Z
changed
Davie, Peter
2020-03-24 11:33:18Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-03-27 14:24:23Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-09-18 13:49:04Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology The species name alludes to the close relationship of the new species with H. pauli n. sp. and H. miersii.
 [details]
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