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Majidae Samouelle, 1819

109296  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:109296)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Malacostraca (Class)
  6. Decapoda (Order)
  7. Majidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Mamaiidae · unaccepted
Pisidae Dana, 1851 · unaccepted
Plantergidae · unaccepted
Genus Actinotocarcinus Jenkins, 1974 †
Genus Ageitomaia Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Genus Alcomaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
Genus Anacinetops Miers, 1879
Genus Antarctomithrax Feldmann, 1994 †
Genus Chalaroacheus De Man, 1902
Genus Chondromaia Feldmann, Schweitzer, Baltzly, Bennett, Jones, Mathias, Weaver & Yost, 2013 †
Genus Choniognathus Rathbun, 1932
Genus Cromimaia Beschin, De Angeli, Checchi & Zarantonello, 2012 †
Genus Cyclax Dana, 1851
Genus Entomonyx Miers, 1884
Genus Eoinachoides Van Straelen, 1933 †
Genus Eurynolambrus H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1841
Genus Eurynome Leach, 1814
Genus Grypacheus Alcock, 1895
Genus Holthuija Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
Genus Jacquinotia Rathbun, 1915
Genus Kasagia Richer de Forges & Ng, 2007
Genus Kimbla Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Genus Leptomithrax Miers, 1876
Genus Maiopsis Faxon, 1893
Genus Maja Lamarck, 1801
Genus Majella Ortmann, 1893
Genus Micippa Leach, 1817
Genus Microhalimus Haswell, 1880
Genus Micromaia Bittner, 1875 †
Genus Mithracia Bell, 1858 †
Genus Mithrax Latreille in Cuvier, 1816
Genus Nanomaja Müller & Collins, 1991 †
Genus Naxia Latreille, 1825
Genus Neomaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
Genus Notomithrax Griffin, 1963
Genus Ommaciria Beschin, De Angeli, Checchi & Zarantonello, 2012 †
Genus Ovimaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
Genus Panticarcinus Collins & Saward, 2006 †
Genus Paraentomonyx Sakai, 1983
Genus Paramaja Kubo, 1936
Genus Paramaya De Haan, 1837
Genus Paramicippe Haan in Siebold, 1839
Genus Paramithrax H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Genus Periacanthus Bittner, 1875 †
Genus Phycodes A. Milne-Edwards, 1869
Genus Pippacirama Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Genus Pisomaja Lorenthey in Lorenthey & Beurlen, 1929 †
Genus Planaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
Genus Planobranchia Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2010 †
Genus Planotergum Balss, 1935
Genus Podonema Stimpson, 1860
Genus Prismatopus Ward, 1933
Genus Prosphoracheus Takeda & Miyake, 1969
Genus Pseudomicippe Heller, 1861
Genus Rathbunaja Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
Genus Sakaija Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015
Genus Schizophroida Sakai, 1933
Genus Schizophrys White, 1848
Genus Seiitaoides Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Genus Spinirostrimaia Beschin, De Angeli, Checchi & Zarantonello, 2012 †
Genus Stenocinops H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Genus Temnonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
Genus Teratomaia Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Genus Thacanophrys Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Genus Thersandrus Rathbun, 1897
Genus Tumidomaia Feldmann, Schweitzer, Bennett, Franţescu, Resar & Trudeau, 2011 †
Genus Tumulosternum McCulloch, 1913
Genus Wilsonimaia Blow & Manning, 1996 †
Genus Zewa McCulloch, 1913

Genus Camposia Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Camposcia Latreille, 1829 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Encephaloides Wood-Mason, 1885 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Ergasticus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 accepted as Ergasticus A. Milne-Edwards, 1882 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Naxia Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Naxia Latreille, 1825 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Schizophrys White, 1848, nom. nud. accepted as Schizophrys White, 1848 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

Genus Acanthonix Costa, 1840 accepted as Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828
Genus Achoeus Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Achaeus Leach, 1817
Genus Acrorhynchus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 accepted as Podochela Stimpson, 1860
Genus Aegeria Latreille, 1817 accepted as Phalangipus Latreille, 1828
Genus Alcimede Gistl, 1848 accepted as Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828
Genus Amathia Roux, 1828 accepted as Anamathia Smith, 1885
Genus Anaptychoides Strand, 1928 accepted as Ala Lockington, 1877 (unnecessary replacement name for Anaptychus Stimpson, 1860)
Genus Anaptychus Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Ala Lockington, 1877
Genus Anomalopisa D. S. Johnson, 1965 accepted as Planotergum Balss, 1935
Genus Anomalopus Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Anomalothir Miers, 1879
Genus Apiomaia Martens, 1873 accepted as Pyromaia Stimpson, 1871
Genus Apocremnus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878 accepted as Aepinus Rathbun, 1897
Genus Arctopsis Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Pisa Leach, 1814
Genus Austromithrax Bennett, 1964 accepted as Leptomithrax Miers, 1876
Genus Blastus Leach, 1814 accepted as Pisa Leach, 1814
Genus Campbellia Balss, 1930 accepted as Jacquinotia Rathbun, 1915
Genus Camposia Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Camposcia Latreille, 1829
Genus Carnifex Gistel, 1848 accepted as Epialtus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Genus Chlorilibinia Lockington, 1877 accepted as Stenocionops Desmarest, 1823
Genus Chlorinoides Haswell, 1880 accepted as Naxioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 (subjective junior synonym)
Genus Chlorolibinia Haswell, 1880 (Misspelling)
Genus Coelocaerus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 accepted as Coelocerus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
Genus Cyclomaia Stimpson, 1858 accepted as Cyclax Dana, 1851
Genus Dasygyius Rathbun, 1897 accepted as Collodes Stimpson, 1860 (unnecessary replacement name for Neorhynchus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
Genus Dione De Haan in Siebold, 1839 accepted as Schizophrys White, 1848
Genus Doclaea Latreille, 1828 accepted as Doclea Leach, 1815
Genus Dorynchus Thomson, 1873 accepted as Dorhynchus C. W. Thomson, 1873
Genus Driope Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 accepted as Podochela Stimpson, 1860
Genus Dryope Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 accepted as Podochela Stimpson, 1860
Genus Echinomaia Borradaile, 1916 accepted as Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886
Genus Echinoplax Miers, 1886 accepted as Pleistacantha Miers, 1879
Genus Egeria Leach, 1815 accepted as Phalangipus Latreille, 1828 (pre-occupied)
Genus Engyzomaria Gistel, 1848 accepted as Pitho Bell, 1836 (unnecessary replacement name for Pitho Bell, 1836)
Genus Ericerus Rathbun, 1894 accepted as Ericerodes Rathbun, 1897 (pre-occupied)
Genus Eruma McCulloch, 1913 accepted as Anacinetops Miers, 1879
Genus Eumilnia Kingsley, 1879 accepted as Microphrys H. Milne Edwards, 1851
Genus Eurinome Costa, 1840 accepted as Eurynome Leach, 1814
Genus Eurynoma Latreille in Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Eurynome Leach, 1814
Genus Eurynone Haan in Siebold, 1849 accepted as Eurynome Leach, 1814
Genus Ewdawsonia Webber & Richer de Forges in R.-M. C. Thompson, 1994 accepted as Vitjazmaia Zarenkov, 1994 (nomen nudum)
Genus Fisheria Lockington, 1877 accepted as Herbstia H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (name pre-occupied by Fisheria Walsh, 1866 [Diptera])
Genus Glischirus Gistl, 1848 accepted as Tyche Bell, 1836
Genus Gonatorhynchus Haswell, 1880 accepted as Paramithrax H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Genus Gonosoma Costa, 1844 accepted as Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828
Genus Halimus Latreille, 1829 accepted as Naxia Latreille, 1825
Genus Herbstiella Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Herbstia H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Genus Hoplopisa Alcock, 1895 accepted as Oplopisa A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Genus Huenioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 accepted as Xenocarcinus White, 1847
Genus Inachodes Streets & Kingsley, 1877 accepted as Inachoides H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1842
Genus Ixion Paul'son, 1875 accepted as Cyphocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1868 (name pre-occupied by Ixion Reitter, 1873 [Coleoptera])
Genus Kaempferia Miers, 1886 accepted as Macrocheira De Haan in Siebold, 1839
Genus Kampferia Miers, 1886 accepted as Macrocheira De Haan in Siebold, 1839
Genus Kämpferia Miers, 1886 accepted as Macrocheira De Haan in Siebold, 1839
Genus Labophrys Filhol, 1885 accepted as Paramithrax H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Genus Leptopodia Leach, 1814 accepted as Inachus Weber, 1795
Genus Leptopus Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Phalangipus Latreille, 1828
Genus Leucippe Agassiz, 1845 (Misspelling)
Genus Libidoclea Dana, 1851 accepted as Libidoclaea H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1842
Genus Lispognathus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 accepted as Dorhynchus C. W. Thomson, 1873
Genus Lissula Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Lissa Leach, 1815
Genus Lobophrys Filhol, 1885 accepted as Paramithrax H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (incorrect spelling)
Genus Lophomicippa Rathbun, 1907 accepted as Micippa Leach, 1817
Genus Macropodes Risso, 1826 accepted as Macropodia Leach, 1814
Genus Macropus Latreille, 1803 accepted as Inachus Weber, 1795 (pre-occupied)
Genus Maia Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Maja Lamarck, 1801 (incorrect spelling)
Genus Mamaia Stebbing, 1904 accepted as Maja Lamarck, 1801 (junior objective synonym by ICZN, Opinion 511)
Genus Maxioides accepted as Naxioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
Genus Menoethius Haan in Siebold, 1839 accepted as Menaethius H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Genus Meria Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 accepted as Maja Lamarck, 1801 (incorrect spelling)
Genus Micippe Latreille, 1828 accepted as Micippa Leach, 1817
Genus Micromaja Bittner, 1883 † accepted as Micromaia Bittner, 1875 †
Genus Microrhynchus Bell, 1835 accepted as Collodes Stimpson, 1860
Genus Milnia Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Omalacantha Streets, 1871 (name pre-occupied by Milnia Haime, 1849 [Echinodermata])
Genus Mithrax Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Mithrax Latreille in Cuvier, 1816
Genus Mitrax H. Milne Edwards, 1838 accepted as Mithrax Latreille in Cuvier, 1816 (incorrect spelling)
Genus Neorhynchus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 accepted as Collodes Stimpson, 1860 (pre-occupied)
Genus Ophthalmias Rathbun, 1897 accepted as Stilbognathus von Martens, 1866
Genus Ophthalmus accepted as Stilbognathus von Martens, 1866
Genus Othonia Bell, 1836 accepted as Pitho Bell, 1836 (name pre-occupied by Othonia Johnston, 1835 [Polychaeta])
Genus Ottonia Gistl, 1848 accepted as Pitho Bell, 1836
Genus Pactolus Leach, 1815 accepted as Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 1818
Genus Parahoplophrys Nobili, 1905 accepted as Menaethiops Alcock, 1895
Genus Paramajella Balss, 1957 accepted as Paramaja Kubo, 1936 (unneccesary replacement name for Paramaja Kubo, 1936)
Genus Paramicippa H. Milne Edwards, 1834 accepted as Micippa Leach, 1817
Genus Paramya De Haan, 1837 accepted as Maja Lamarck, 1801
Genus Parathoe Miers, 1879 accepted as Perinia Dana, 1851
Genus Parathoë Miers, 1879 accepted as Perinia Dana, 1851
Genus Parazewa Balss, 1938 accepted as Acanthophrys A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
Genus Peltinia Dana, 1851 accepted as Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828
Genus Pericera Latreille, 1825 accepted as Stenocionops Desmarest, 1823
Genus Peridromus Gistel, 1848 accepted as Macropodia Leach, 1814
Genus Perinea Dana, 1852 accepted as Perinia Dana, 1851
Genus Phalangipes accepted as Phalangipus Latreille, 1828
Genus Physacheus Alcock, 1895 accepted as Physachaeus Alcock, 1895
Genus Picroceros accepted as Picrocerus A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
Genus Piloronus Gistel, 1848 accepted as Pitho Bell, 1836 (unnecessary replacement name for Pitho Bell, 1836)
Genus Pisomaia Lörenthey & Beurlen, 1929 † accepted as Pisomaja Lorenthey in Lorenthey & Beurlen, 1929 †
Genus Platypes Lockington, 1877 (unaccepted)
Genus Platyrinchus Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 (unaccepted)
Genus Podohuenia Cano, 1889 (unaccepted)
Genus Podopisa Hilgendorf, 1878 (unaccepted)
Genus Prionorhynchus Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853 (unaccepted)
Genus Pyria Dana, 1852 (unaccepted, name pre-occupied by Pyria Lepelitier & Serville, 1828 [Hymenoptera])
Genus Rachinia Alcock, 1895 (unaccepted)
Genus Rhodia Bell, 1836 (unaccepted)
Genus Salacia H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1842 (unaccepted, name pre-occupied by Salacia Lamouroux, 1816 [Cnidaria])
Genus Shizophroida (unaccepted)
Genus Sisyphus Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 (unaccepted)
Genus Stenocenops H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (unaccepted)
Genus Stenocianops Agassiz, 1843 (unaccepted)
Genus Stenorynchus Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted, incorrect spelling)
Genus Thoë Bell, 1836 (unaccepted)
Genus Xenocarcinoides Borradaile, 1900 (unaccepted)
Genus Zemithrax Bennett, 1964 (unaccepted)

Genus Aprocremnus (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Chlorilia (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Clorilibinia (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Microrhynchus Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Thacanophyrys (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Davie (2002A) listed numerous subfamilies and synonyms, some listed here as alternative family names  
Taxonomic remark Davie (2002A) listed numerous subfamilies and synonyms, some listed here as alternative family names [details]
IRMNG (2021). Majidae Samouelle, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109296 on 2023-09-25
Date
action
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2006-11-07 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.  [details]   

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

current name source De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]   

extant flag source De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]   

habitat flag source as per included genera [details]   
From other sources
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Division) > Heterotremata (Group) > Majoidea (Superfamily) > Majidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Brachyuran crabs, marine (Parker) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Davie (2002A) listed numerous subfamilies and synonyms, some listed here as alternative family names [details]
To WoRMS (from synonym Pisidae Dana, 1851)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Mamaiidae)
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