BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)

PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)

ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)

MALACOSTRACA
(crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)

EUCARIDA
(crab, shrimps, lobsters etc)

DECAPODA
(crabs, shrimps, lobsters etc)

Brachyura
(crabs)

MAJIDAE
(spider crabs)

Maja squinado
(Spiny Spider Crab)

Maja squinado
is also a member of:

Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Maja squinado (Herbst) (Spiny Spider Crab)

Date:	16 July 1969
Location:	16 July 1969, Eire
Identification Notes:	Carapace: 12cm across at widest by 14.5cm long. Leg span: 40cm.

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