🦋 Family

Majidae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Majidae

Maja squinado, the European spider crab, is a migratory Mediterranean crab resembling the larger Japanese spider crab.

Maja brachydactyla is a recognized separate crab species in Majidae, split from M. squinado after a 1998 review.

Notomithrax ursus, the hairy seaweed crab, is a decorator crab native to New Zealand and southeastern Australia.

Leptomithrax gaimardii is a large scavenging crab that forms large breeding groups to reduce predation risk while moulting.

Eurynolambrus australis is a species of crab with distinct coloration that lives in intertidal and subtidal rocky habitats to depths of 80 m.

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