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Maja brachydactyla   Balss, 1922

Atlantic spinous spider crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Madeira Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Common spider crab, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Majidae (spider crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 80 m (Ref. 104052).   Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from the North Sea to Morocco and Bay of Biscay, extending southwards to Namibia including off lying islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 13.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 22.0 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104052)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 115714.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Le Pape, O., L. Baulier, A. Cloarec, J. Martin, F. Le Loc'h and Y. Désaunay. 2007. (Ref. 96498)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=300,000).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).