Subfamily Majinae Samouelle 1819 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

Parent taxon: Majidae according to F. A. Ferratges et al. 2023

See also Feldmann and Duncan 1992, Poore and Ahyong 2004, Quayle and Collins 1981, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Actinotocarcininae, Disspinamithrax, Eurynolambrinae, Majiinae, Micromaiinae, Mithracinae, Planoterginae, Platymaia

Subtaxa: Anacinetops Chondromaia Choniognathus Eurynome Jacquinotia Leptomithrax Maja Microhalimus Naxia Notomithrax Paramithrax Pippacirama Prismatopus Pseudomicippe Schizophroida Schizophrys Spinirostrimaia Teratomaia Tumidomaia Tumulosternum Wilsonimaia

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Type: Maja

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Italy (1), New Zealand (1)

• Neogene of Poland (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (2), Fiji (1), Hungary (8), Malta (2), New Zealand (2), Poland (1)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), Italy (5), New Zealand (1), Spain (2), United States (5: North Carolina)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 40 collections including 43 occurrences

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