DecaNet taxon details
original description
Ng, P.K.L.; Richer de Forges, B. (2015). Revision of the spider crabs of the genus <em>Maja </em>Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 63: 110-225. [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The name is derived from the old English word for jewel and ornament, alluding to the beautiful arrangement of red spines and tubercles of the species. It also indirectly
alludes to the exclamation for pain, associated with careless handling of the present spiny species. [details]
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