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Majidae
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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
spider crabs
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyMajidae
蜘蛛蟹科（Majidae）是蜘蛛蟹總科下的一個科，其下有約200種海生蟹，其背殼的長比寬大得多，在頂端形成尖狀。 其中某些種的腿很長，這也是它們被稱作“蜘蛛蟹”的緣故。其外骨骼上有毛髮可以吸附水澡等形成偽裝。
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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.
==Genera== The roughly 200 extant and over 50 extinct species are divided among 52 genera in 5 subfamilies: