Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 28 880904 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Holthuija 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
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
- Parent Codes
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28 880911
Majidae
- Child Codes
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28 880168
Holthuija aussie
28 880087 Holthuija miersii
28 880197 Holthuija poorei
- 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.
- Scientific Name verified against
- 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.