†Maja laddi Rathbun 1934 (spider crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1934. Fossil Decapod Crustaceans from Vitilevu, Fiji. Geology of Vitilevu, Fiji 238-241
Belongs to Maja according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Maia oroszyi, Maja aquinado, Maja arambourgi, Maja austriaca, Maja biaensis, Maja crispata, Maja dominoleuae, Maja hungarica, Maja miocaenica, Maja morii, Maja orbigniana, Maja oroszyi, Maja robinsoni, Maja squinado, Maja tomidai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Station 158, Vitu Levu - Ladd (1972), which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Ra Formation of Fiji
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Station 158, Vitu Levu - Ladd (1972)
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