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Maja squinado European spider crab, Spiny spider crab, Spinous spider crab

Maja squinadois commonly referred to as European spider crab, Spiny spider crab, Spinous spider crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Spider Crab - Maja squinado,Female, Devon 2021


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lexID:
3322 
AphiaID:
107350 
Scientific:
Maja squinado 
German:
Europäische Spinnenkrabbe 
English:
European Spider Crab, Spiny Spider Crab, Spinous Spider Crab 
Category:
Crabes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Majidae (Family) > Maja (Genus) > squinado (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Herbst, ), 1788 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibralta, Tunesien, Algeria, Balearic Islands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lybia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Northeast Atlantic, Northern Africa, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 150 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
7.09" - 8.66" (18cm - 22cm) 
Temperature:
8,2 °F - 68 °F (8,2°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-06 14:18:15 

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Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)

Maja squinado (the European spider crab, spiny spider crab or spinous spider crab) is a species of migratory crab found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

Synonymised names:
Cancer squinado Herbst, 1788 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maia squinado (Herbst, 1788) · unaccepted > misspelling
Maja tuberculata De Haan, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (2):
Variety Maja squinado var. brachydactyla Balss, 1922 accepted as Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Maja squinado var. capensis Ortmann, 1894 accepted as Maja cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Scientific paper

  1. Pilot acoustic tracking study on adult spiny lobsters (Palinurus mauritanicus) and spider crabs (Maja squinado) within an artificial reef, Rotllant, Guiomar; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Sarria, David; Gisbert, Enric; Sbragaglia, Valerio; Río, Joaquín Del; Simeó, Carles G.; Mànuel, Antoni; Molino, Erik; Costa, Corrado; Sardà, Francisco , 2015
  2. Contrasting habitats occupied by sibling spider crabs Maja squinado and Maja brachydactyla (Brachyura, Majidae) can influence the biochemical variability displayed by newly hatched larvae, Calado, R.; Guerao, G.; Gras, N.; Cleary, D. F. R.; Rotllant, G. , 2013
  3. Growing reared spider crabs (Maja squinado) to sexual maturity: The first empirical data and a predictive growth model, Durán, Juana; Palmer, Miquel; Pastor, Elena , 2013
  4. Active Tracking of Maja Squinado in the Mediterranean Sea with Wireless Acoustic Sensors: Method, Results and Prospectives, Gualtieri, Jean-Sebastien; Aiello, Antoine; Antoine-Santoni, Thierry; Poggi, Bastien; DeGentili, Emmanuelle , 2013
  5. Direct evidence of parasitism by Copidognathus stevcici (Acari, Halacaridae) in crabs Maja squinado and M. brachydactyla (Brachyura, Majidae) in the laboratory, Guillermo Guerao; Karl B. Andree; Guiomar Rotllant, 2011
  6. Development and growth of the early juveniles of the spider crab Maja squinado (Brachyura: Majoidea) in an individual culture system, Guillermo Guerao; Guiomar Rotllant, 2010
  7. The larval development of Maja squinado and M. brachydactyla (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae) described from plankton collected and laboratory‐reared material, Guerao, Guillermo; Pastor, Elena; Martin, Jocelyne; Andrés, Mireia; Estévez, Alicia; Grau, Amàlia; Duran, Juana; Rotllant, Guiomar , 2008
  8. A Note on Aggregation Behaviour and Mass Mortality of the Spider Crab Maja squinado (Herbst) (Decapoda, Majidae) in Shallow Water on the North Co Wexford Coast, E. F. M. O'Loughlin, 2005
  9. Aggregating Behaviour of the Spider Crab Maja squinado in Shallow Waters, María-Paz Sampedro and Eduardo González-Gurriarán, 2004
  10. MIGRATORY PATTERNS OF FEMALE SPIDER CRABS MAJA SQUINADO DETECTED USING ELECTRONIC TAGS AND TELEMETRY, González-Gurriarán, Eduardo; Freire, Juan; Bernárdez, Cristina , 2002
  11. Migratory Patterns of Female Spider Crabs Maja squinado Detected Using Electronic Tags and Telemetry, Eduardo González-Gurriarán, Juan Freire and Cristina Bernárdez, 2002
  12. Comparative Toxicity of Dissolved Metals to Early Larval Stages ofPalaemon serratus,Maja squinado, andHomarus gammarus(Crustacea:Decapoda), J. C. Mariño-Balsa; E. Poza; E. Vázquez; R. Beiras, 2000
  13. Cold Tolerance and the Regulation of Cardiac Performance and Hemolymph Distribution inMaja squinado(Crustacea: Decapoda), Markus Frederich, Bart DeWachter, Franz Josef Sartoris, and Hans O. Pörtner, 2000
  14. Morphometry and Sexual Maturity in the Spider Crab Maja squinado (Decapoda: Majidae) in Galicia, Spain, M. P. Sampedro, E. González-Gurriarán, J. Freire and R. Muiño, 1999
  15. Mating and role of seminal receptacles in the reproductive biology of the spider crab Maja squinado (Decapoda, Majidae), E González-Gurriarán; L Fernández; J Freire; R Muiño, 1998
  16. Epibiosis and Ornamental Cover Patterns of the Spider Crab Maja squinado on the Galician Coast, Northwestern Spain: Influence of Behavioral and Ecological Characteristics of the Host, L. Fernández, J. Parapar, E. González-Gurriarán and R. Muíño, 1998
  17. Growth at moult and moulting seasonality of the spider crab, Maja squinado (Herbst) (Decapoda: Majidae) in experimental conditions: implications for juvenile life history, E. González-Gurriarán; J. Freire; J. Parapar; M.P. Sampedro; M. Urcera, 1995
  18. Movement patterns and habitat utilization in the spider crab Maja squinado (Herbst) (Decapoda, Majidae) measured by ultrasonic telemetry, Eduardo González-Gurriarán; Juan Freire, 1994
  19. Kinetics of reaction between hemocyanin and CN-: a comparative study on the hemocyanin of five species of crustacea (Carcinus maenas, Maja squinado, Squilla mantis, Eriphia spinifrons, Calappa calappa), Paolo Zatta, 1987
  20. The larval stages of Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae) reared in the laboratory, Clark, Paul F., 1986
  21. Laboratory observations on the aggregations of the spiny spider crab (Maja squinado herbst), Zdravko Števčić, 1971
  22. Der Ernährungskomplex der SeespinneMaja squinado, Zdravko Števčić, 1967
  23. Aktionsströme und Fasergruppen im Extremitätennerven von Maja squinado, Hans Lullies, 1934
  24. I. Astacin aus den Eiern der Seespinne (Maja squinado)., Kuhn, Richard; Lederer, Edgar; Deutsch, Adam , 1933
  25. Die proteolytischen Enzyme von Maja squinado Latr., J. J. Mansour-Bek, 1932

External links

  1. British Marine Life Study Society (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 15.11.2021.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Spider Crab - Maja squinado,Female, Devon 2021

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