Majoidea

Majoidea is a superfamily of crabs, infraorder Brachyura. Majoidea contains five or six families:[1]

Majoidea
Macrocheira kaempferi.jpg
The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
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Majoidea

References

  1. Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2012-12-29.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Danièle Guinot (2011). "The position of the Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838, within the Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2890: 40–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2890.1.4.