Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 is a animal in the Majidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922
Maja brachydactyla is a recognized separate crab species in Majidae, split from M. squinado after a 1998 review.
Maja brachydactyla is a crab species that belongs to the family Majidae. It was originally classified as a subspecies of Maja squinado. In 1998, a review of this species complex distinguished between specimens collected from the Mediterranean Sea and specimens collected from the Atlantic Ocean. The review concluded that the Atlantic specimens belong to a separate species, which is recognized as Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922.
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Notomithrax ursus (Fabricius, 1787)
Leptomithrax gaimardii (H.Milne Edwards, 1834)
Eurynolambrus australis H.Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1841
Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)
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