WoRMS taxon details
Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758)
107205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107205)
accepted
Species
Cancer horridus Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted
Cancer Maja Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination (Basionym)
Cancer spinosus Ascanius, 1776 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer spinosus amboinensis Seba, 1759 · unaccepted
Inachus maja (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lithodes arctica Latreille, 1806 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lithodes dubius Brandt, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lithodes maia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling
Maia vulgaris Bosc, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maja eriocheles Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (invalid name)
Parthenope maja (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer Maja Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution West Greenland to Sandy Hook, to New Jersey
Distribution Locally common, extending not further south than Isle of Man
Distribution West Greenland to Sandy Hook, to New Jersey [details]
Distribution Locally common, extending not further south than Isle of Man
Distribution Locally common, extending not further south than Isle of Man [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107205 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of Cancer Maja Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cancer horridus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
original description (of Cancer spinosus amboinensis Seba, 1759) Seba, A. (1734-1765). Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physiees historiam : Opus, cui, in hoc rerum genere, nullum par exstitit / Description exacte des principales curiosités naturelles du magnifique cabinet d'Albert Seba. 4 vols (v1 1734, v2 1735, v3 1759, v4 1765), Amstelaedami :Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & J. Wetstenium & Gul. Smith., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/62760 [details]
original description (of Cancer spinosus Ascanius, 1776) Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50. [details]
original description (of Maja eriocheles Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]
original description (of Lithodes arctica Latreille, 1806) Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. <em>Amand Koenig, Parisiis et Argentorati (Paris & Strasbourg).</em> 1: xviii + 303 pp., pls. 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4819 [details]
original description (of Lithodes dubius Brandt, 1848) Brandt, J.F. (1848). Die Gattung <i>Lithodes</i> Latreille nebst vier neuer ihr ver wandten von Wosnessenski entdeckten, als Typen einer besondern Unter abtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edward'shen Anomuren. <em>Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg.</em> 7(11): 171-176. [details]
original description (of Maia vulgaris Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d'Après Nature. Tome premier. <em>Suite à Boffon, Paris.</em> Deterville, Paris, 258 pp., pls. 1–8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256135#page/15/mode/1up [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pohle, G.W. (1990). A guide to decapod Crustacea from the Canadian Atlantic: Anomura and Brachyura. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.</em> 1771. 29 p. [details]
additional source McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request] original description (of Cancer horridus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
original description (of Cancer spinosus amboinensis Seba, 1759) Seba, A. (1734-1765). Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physiees historiam : Opus, cui, in hoc rerum genere, nullum par exstitit / Description exacte des principales curiosités naturelles du magnifique cabinet d'Albert Seba. 4 vols (v1 1734, v2 1735, v3 1759, v4 1765), Amstelaedami :Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & J. Wetstenium & Gul. Smith., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/62760 [details]
original description (of Cancer spinosus Ascanius, 1776) Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50. [details]
original description (of Maja eriocheles Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]
original description (of Lithodes arctica Latreille, 1806) Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. <em>Amand Koenig, Parisiis et Argentorati (Paris & Strasbourg).</em> 1: xviii + 303 pp., pls. 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4819 [details]
original description (of Lithodes dubius Brandt, 1848) Brandt, J.F. (1848). Die Gattung <i>Lithodes</i> Latreille nebst vier neuer ihr ver wandten von Wosnessenski entdeckten, als Typen einer besondern Unter abtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edward'shen Anomuren. <em>Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg.</em> 7(11): 171-176. [details]
original description (of Maia vulgaris Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d'Après Nature. Tome premier. <em>Suite à Boffon, Paris.</em> Deterville, Paris, 258 pp., pls. 1–8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256135#page/15/mode/1up [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Pohle, G.W. (1990). A guide to decapod Crustacea from the Canadian Atlantic: Anomura and Brachyura. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.</em> 1771. 29 p. [details]
additional source McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution West Greenland to Sandy Hook, to New Jersey [details]From other sources
Distribution Locally common, extending not further south than Isle of Man [details]Habitat bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Spelling Lithodes maia [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | troldkrabbe | [details] |
| Dutch | Augustinuskrab | [details] |
| English | stone king crabprickly crabNorway king crabNorway crabnorthern stone crabdevil's crab | [details] |
| French | crabe royal de roche | [details] |
| German | nördliche Steinkrabbe | [details] |
| Japanese | カルイシガニ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | trollkrabbe | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | trollkrabbe | [details] |
| Swedish | trollkrabba | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (130 publications) (from synonym Lithodes maia (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Lithodes arctica Latreille, 1806)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer horridus Pennant, 1777)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (33 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 039302)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (130 publications) (from synonym Lithodes maia (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Lithodes arctica Latreille, 1806)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer horridus Pennant, 1777)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (33 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 039302)
To ITIS
