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Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)

Maja squinado

AphiaID

107350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107350)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Maja Lamarck, 1801

Orig. name

Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788

Synonymised names

Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Maia squinado (Herbst, 1788) · unaccepted > misspelling

Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Variety Maja squinado var. brachydactyla Balss, 1922 accepted as Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Maja squinado var. capensis Ortmann, 1894 accepted as Maja cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution abundant on west and south-west British coasts, less common in the North Sea.

Distribution abundant on west and south-west British coasts, less common in the North Sea. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107350 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2022-01-05 13:35:26Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-05-13 08:15:22Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2024-01-05 15:34:19Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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original description (of Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839) De Haan, W. (1833–1850). Crustacea. In: von Siebold, P.F., Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823-1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. i–xxxi, ix–xvi, 1–243, pls. A–J, L–Q, 1–55. Lugduni-Batavorum. [Dates of publication per Holthuis, 1953: 1833 (ix–xvi, De Haan's "Praemissa" & "Expositio"; 1–24, pls. 1–8, A, B, circ. 2), 1835 (25–64, pls. 9–15, 17, C, D), 1837 (65–72, pls. 16, 18–24, E, F), 1839 (73–108, pls. 25–32, G, H), 1841 (109–164, pls. 33–37, 39–42, 47), 1844 (pls. 38, 43–46, 48, 51–55, I–N), 1849 (165–196, 197–243, pls. 49, 50 O–Q), 1849 (i–xxxi, De Haan's "Praefatio"), 1850 (vii–xvii, Von Siebold's "Commentatio")). [details]

original description (of Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. Diversity. 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Distribution abundant on west and south-west British coasts, less common in the North Sea. [details]

Language	Name
Albanian	gërthia e madhe me gjëmba	[details]
Basque	txangurro	[details]
Catalan	cabra	[details]
Dutch	spinkrabMiddellandse-Zeezeespingrote spinkrabgewone spinkrabgaber [from synonym]Europese spinkrabAugustineuskrab [from synonym]	[details]
English	thorn-back spider crabspiny crab [from synonym]spinous spider crabspider crab [from synonym]Mediterranean spider crabcommon spider crab	[details]
French	crabe araignéearaignée de meraraignée de Méditerranéearaignee [from synonym]	[details]
Galician	centolo	[details]
German	TeufelskrabbeMittelmeer-SeespinneGrosse Seespinne [from synonym]Große Seespinne	[details]
Italian	granceola	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Καβουρομάνα	[details]
Portuguese	santola [from synonym]	[details]
Spanish	centollocentolla [from synonym]	[details]
Swedish	spindelkrabba [from synonym]	[details]