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

Ng, Peter K. L., Forges, Bertrand Richer De (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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 110-225, DOI: http://d...

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Summary:Ng, Peter K. L., Forges, Bertrand Richer De (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. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 110-225, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5384590 : {"references": ["Abello P, Guerao G, Salmeron F & Rago JEC (2014) Maja brachydactyla (Brachyura: Majidae) in the western Mediterranean. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7: e77. doi: 10.1017/S17.", "Adams A & White A (1848-1849) Crustacea. In: Adams A (ed.) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, London, i-viii [= Front Matter and Preface by Adams, A.] + i-xv [= Introduction by Adams, A. and References to Plates] + 1-66 pp., pls. I-VI.", "Alcock A (1895) Materials for a carcinological fauna of India, 1. 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