Majoidea

species of crab

Majidae is a family of crabs, comprising around 200 marine species inside 52 genera, with a carapace that is longer than it is broad, and which forms a point at the front. The legs can be very long in some species, leading to the name "spider crab". The exoskeleton is covered with bristles to which the crab attaches algae and other items to act as camouflage.

species of crustacean

Majoidea is a is a superfamily of crab which contains spider crabs, along with the decorator crabs.

species of crustacean

Inachidae is a family of crabs, containing the following genera:

Epialtidae is a family of crabs, containing the subfamilies:

Oregoniidae is a family of crabs, with members ranging across the world.

species of crustacean

genus of crabs

Chionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

genus of crabs

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

Inachoididae is a family of crabs originally erected by James Dwight Dana in 1852. It was not recognised as a valid family until the early 1980s. Its members closely resemble those of the family Inachidae, and the Inachoididae could be recognised as a subfamily of that family.

species of crustacean

thumb|right Acanthonyx is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae, which was first described in 1828 by. The type species is Acanthonyx lunulatus.

genus of crustaceans

genus of crustaceans

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

Hyastenus is a genus of crabs in the family Epialtidae, subfamily Pisinae, containing the following extant species:

species of crustacean

Pugettia is a genus of kelp crabs in the family Epialtidae. It comprises the following species:

Pisinae is a subfamily of crabs in the family Epialtidae, comprising the following genera:

Libinia is a genus of crabs in the family Epialtidae, containing twelve extant species:

Notomithrax is a genus of crabs of the family Majidae, containing four species: Notomithrax minor (Filhol, 1885) Notomithrax spinosus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834) Notomithrax peronii (Miers, 1879) Notomithrax ursus (Herbst, 1788)

genus of crustaceans

genus of crabs

Anasimus is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing two species: Anasimus fugax A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 Anasimus latus Rathbun, 1894

Macropodia is a genus of crabs, belonging to the family Inachidae. It contains the following species:

Stenorhynchus is a genus of marine crabs in the family Inachidae, containing the following species:

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crab

Rochinia is a genus of crab in the family Epialtidae, containing the following species:

Mithrax is a genus of spider crabs in the family Mithracidae.

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

Leptomithrax is a genus of crabs in the family Majidae, first described by Edward J. Miers in 1876. They have been on Earth for 37.2 million years.

Phalangipus is a genus of crabs in the family Epialtidae.

Pleistacantha is a genus of crabs in the family Oregoniidae. The genus occurs throughout many coasts in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Macrocheira is a genus of crab in the superfamily Majoidea. It contains the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) as well as an extinct species, Macrocheira longirostra.

Choniognathus is a genus of crabs in the family Majidae of the order Decapoda. It is composed of several species of marine spider crabs.

Loxorhynchus is a genus of crabs of the eastern Pacific Ocean in the family Epialtidae.

species of crustacean (fossil)

Pyromaia is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing the following species: Pyromaia acanthina Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001 Pyromaia arachna Rathbun, 1924 Pyromaia cuspidata Stimpson, 1871 Pyromaia mexicana Rathbun, 1893 Pyromaia propinqua Chace, 1940 Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) Pyromaia vogelsangi Türkay, 1968

Hoplophrys is a monotypic genus of crab in the family Epialtidae. It contains the single species Hoplophrys oatesii, also known as the candy crab, '''Oates's soft coral crab, commensal soft coral crab and Dendronephthya crab'''.

genus of crustaceans

genus of crustaceans

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

Xenocarcinus is a genus of spider crabs in the family Epialtidae. They inhabit soft corals at subtidal zones up to 70 meters in depth in the Indo-West Pacific region, being found in Réunion, Aldabra, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan Archipelago and Japan. Xenocarcinus conicus and Xenocarcinus tuberculatus crabs were found in Mu Koh Tao, western Gulf of Thailand, associated with gorgonians and wire coral, respectively.

species of crustacean

Camposcia retusa, known commonly as the velcro crab, spider decorator crab, or harlequin crab, is a species of marine crustacea in the family Inachidae. It is known for attaching living sponges and corals to itself, which camouflage it. It is the only species in the genus Camposcia.

species of crustacean

species of Malacostraca

species of crustacean