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Maja
Taxonomy
Maja was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant. Its type is Cancer squinado. It is the type genus of Majoidea, Majidae, Majinae.
It was assigned to Crustacea by Lamarck (1818); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Majinae by Müller (1984), van Bakel et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Crustacea by Lamarck (1818); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Majinae by Müller (1984), van Bakel et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1801 | Maja Lamarck |
| 1818 | Maia Lamarck |
| 1984 | Maja Müller p. 71 |
| 2002 | Maja Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Maja van Bakel et al. p. 100 |
| 2010 | Maja Schweitzer et al. p. 95 |
| 2020 | Maja Schweitzer et al. p. 14 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Maja Lamarck 1801
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†Maia oroszyi Bachmayer 1953
Maja aquinado Herbst 1788
†Maja arambourgi Van Straelen 1936
†Maja austriaca Bachmayer 1953
†Maja biaensis Lorenthey 1929
Maja crispata Risso 1826
†Maja dominoleuae Hu and Tao 1985
†Maja hungarica Lorenthey 1929
†Maja laddi Rathbun 1934
†Maja miocaenica Lorenthey 1907
†Maja morii Kato 1996
†Maja orbigniana Millet 1854
†Maja oroszyi Bachmayer 1953
†Maja robinsoni Jenkins 1985
Maja squinado Herbst 1788
†Maja tomidai Kato 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available