136 Species in Family Majidae
Nominal species list for Majidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Ageitomaia baeckstroemi (Balss, 1924)
Anacinetops stimpsoni Miers, 1879
Choniognathus spinosus Richer de Forges, Lee & Ng, 2021
Coelocerus spinosus Milne-Edwards, 1875 Channelnose spider crab
Cyclax spinicinctus Heller, 1861
Cyclax suborbicularis (Stimpson, 1858)
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata Miers, 1880 Spider crab
Cyrtomaia balssi Ihle & Ihle-Landenberg, 1931
Cyrtomaia bicornis Ihle & Ihle-Landenberg, 1931
Cyrtomaia cariolisi Richer de Forges & Guinot, 1983
Cyrtomaia coriolisi Richer de Forges & Guinot, 1988
Cyrtomaia cornuta Richer de Forges & Guinot, 1983
Cyrtomaia curviceros Bouvier, 1915
Cyrtomaia danieli Zarenkov, 1990
Cyrtomaia echinata Rathbun, 1916
Cyrtomaia ericina Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1982
Cyrtomaia furici Richer de Forges & Guinot, 1983
Cyrtomaia gaillardi Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1982
Cyrtomaia goodridgei MacArdle, 1900
Cyrtomaia granulosa Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1982
Cyrtomaia griffini Richer de Forges & Guinot, 1990
Cyrtomaia guillei Guinot, 1985
Cyrtomaia hispida (Borradaile, 1916)
Cyrtomaia horrida Rathbun, 1916
Cyrtomaia ihlei Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1982
Cyrtomaia intermedia Sakai, 1939
Cyrtomaia lamellata Rathbun, 1906
Cyrtomaia largoi Richer de Forges & Ng, 2007
Cyrtomaia macculochi Rathbun, 1918
Cyrtomaia micronesica Richer de Forges & Ng, 2007
Cyrtomaia murrayi Miers, 1886
Cyrtomaia owstoni Terazaki, 1903
Cyrtomaia platyceros Doflein, 1904
Cyrtomaia platypes Yokoya, 1933
Cyrtomaia smithi Rathbun, 1893
Cyrtomaia suhmii Miers, 1886
Cyrtomaia tenuipedunculata Ihle & Ihle-Landenberg, 1931
Eurynome aspera (Pennant, 1777) strawberry spider crab
Eurynome longimana Stimpson, 1857
Eurynome spinosa unspecified
Hemus cristulipes Milne-Edwards, 1875
Jacquinotia edwardsii (Jacquinot, 1853) Southern spider crab
Kasagia elegans (Stebbing, 1921)
Kasagia sudhakari Padate, Manjebrayakath & Ng, 2019
Kimbla neocaledonica Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Leptomithrax australis (Jacquinot, 1853)
Leptomithrax edwardsii (de Haan, 1839) Edwards' spider crab
Leptomithrax longimanus (Miers, 1876) Long-handed masking crab
Leptomithrax tuberculatus Whitelegge, 1900
Macrocheira kaempferi Temminck, 1836 Japanese giant spider crab
Macrocoeloma camptocerum (Stimpson, 1871) Florida decorator crab
Macrocoeloma diplacanthum (Stimpson, 1860)
Macrocoeloma eutheca (Stimpson, 1871)
Macrocoeloma intermedium Rathbun, 1901
Macrocoeloma laevigatum (Stimpson, 1860)
Macrocoeloma nodipes (Desbonne, 1867)
Macrocoeloma septemspinosum (Stimpson, 1871)
Macrocoeloma subparallelum (Stimpson, 1860)
Macrocoeloma subparellelum (Stimpson, 1860)
Macrocoeloma trispinosum (Latreille, 1825) Spongy decorator crab
Maiopsis panamensis Faxon, 1893 Panamic spidercrab
Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 Atlantic spinous spider crab
Maja crispata Risso, 1827 Lesser spider crab
Maja komatoensis (Kubo, 1936)
Maja miersii Walker, 1887
Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) Spinous spider crab
Majella pristis Ng, Lee & Richer de Forges, 2021
Majella skolopion Ng, Lee & Richer de Forges, 2021
Micippa cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Micippa curtispina Haswell, 1870
Micippa excavata Lanchester, 1900
Micippa margaritifera Henderson, 1893
Micippa mascarenica Kosman
Micippa parca Alcock, 1895
Micippa philyra (Herbst, 1803)
Micippa platipes Ruppell, 1830
Micippa thalia (Herbst, 1803)
Microphrys antillensis Rathbun, 1920 Lobed decorator crab
Microphrys bicornutus (Latreille, 1825) Speck-claw decorator crab
Microphrys interruptus Rathbun, 1920
Microphrys weddelli Milne Edwards, 1851
Mithraculus cinctimanus Stimpson, 1860 Banded clinging crab
Mithraculus coryphe (Herbst, 1801) Nodose clinging crab
Mithraculus denticulatus (Bell, 1835)
Mithraculus forceps (Milne-Edwards, 1875) Red-ridged clinging crab
Mithraculus ruber Stimpson, 1871
Mithraculus sculptus (Lamarck, 1818) Green clinging crab
Mithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790)
Mithrax armatus unspecified Harbour spidercrab
Mithrax hemphilli Rathbun, 1892
Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) Coral clinging crab
Mithrax holderi Stimpson, 1871
Mithrax leucomelas Desbonne, 1867
Mithrax pleuracanthus Stimpson, 1871 Shaggy clinging crab
Mithrax tortugae Rathbun, 1920
Mithrax verrucosus Milne-Edwards, 1832 Paved clinging crab
Naxia spinosa (Hess, 1865)
Nemausa acuticornis (Stimpson, 1870) Sharphorn clinging crab
Nemausa cornuta (Saussure, 1857)
Nemausa cornutus (de Saussure, 1857) Shorthorn clinging crab
Neomaja goltziana (d'Oliveira, 1889) Spiny spider crab
Notomithrax spinosus (Miers, 1879)
Notomithrax ursus (Herbst, 1788)
Paramaya mulli Ng, Prema & Ravichandran, 2018
Paramaya spinigera (De Haan, 1837)
Picroceroides tubularis Miers, 1886
Planotergum mirabile Balss, 1935
Prismatopus aculeatus (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Prismatopus albanyensis Ward, 1933
Prismatopus goldsboroughi (Rathbun, 1906)
Prismatopus longispinus (De Haan, 1839)
Prismatopus peterngi Takeda, Ahyong, Ohtsuchi & Komatsu, 2022
Pseudomicippe banfieldi (McCulloch, 1913)
Schizophroida colemani Ng & Ahyong, 2018
Schizophroida gracilis Ng & Ahyong, 2018
Schizophroida hilensis (Rathbun, 1906) Hilo collector crab
Schizophrys aspera (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Common decorator crab
Schizophrys dama (Herbst, 1804) Pronghorn decorator crab
Seiitaoides kabuto Richer de Forges, Lee & Ng, 2021
Seiitaoides mirabilis Richer de Forges, Lee & Ng, 2021
Seiitaoides sandyi Richer de Forges & Ng, 2023
Stenocionops coelatus (Milne-Edwards, 1878)
Stenocionops furcatus (Olivier, 1791) Furcate spider crab
Stenocionops ovatus (Bell, 1835) Velvet spidercrab
Stenocionops spinimanus (Rathbun, 1892) Prickly spider crab
Stenocionops spinosissimus (de Saussure, 1857) Tenspine spider crab
Teleophrys cristulipes Stimpson, 1860
Teleophrys ornatus Rathbun, 1901
Teleophrys pococki Rathbun, 1924
Temnonotus granulosus Milne-Edwards, 1875
Temnonotus simplex Milne-Edwards, 1875
Teratomaia richardsoni (Dell, 1960)
Thersandrus compressus (Desbonne, 1867)
Thoe puella Stimpson, 1860 Scarlet mime crab
Tylocarcinus dumerilii (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Tylocarcinus styx Herbst, 1803 Underworld spider crab
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