Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Alternative spelling: Maia
Parent taxon: Majinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Collins and Morris 1976, Müller 1984, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and van Bakel et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Anacinetops, Chondromaia, Choniognathus, Eurynome, Jacquinotia, Leptomithrax, Microhalimus, Naxia, Notomithrax, Paramithrax, Pippacirama, Prismatopus, Pseudomicippe, Schizophroida, Schizophrys, Spinirostrimaia, Teratomaia, Tumidomaia, Tumulosternum, Wilsonimaia
Subtaxa: Maia oroszyi Maja aquinado Maja arambourgi Maja austriaca Maja biaensis Maja crispata Maja dominoleuae Maja hungarica Maja laddi Maja miocaenica Maja morii Maja orbigniana Maja oroszyi Maja robinsoni Maja squinado Maja tomidai
Type: Cancer squinado
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Fiji (1), Hungary (6), Malta (2), Poland (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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