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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 880902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Alcomaja spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 880 Majidae (spider crabs) - show full list Common Name: [a spider crab] Organism Type: a spider crab Synonyms: Maja spp. Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 880911     Majidae Child Codes: 28 880165     Alcomaja confragosa

Taxon Notes:

Previously included in the genus Maja - the latter is not found in Australian or regional waters. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

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Ng, P.K.L., Richer de Forges, B., 2015. Revision of the spider crab genus Maja Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 63: 110-225.