DecaNet name details
Maja gracilipes Chen & Ng, 1999
442027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442027)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chen, H.L.; Ng, P.K.L. (1999). Description of a new spider crab, Maja gracilipes, from the South China Sea, with notes on the taxonomic validity of M-brevispinosis Dai, 1981 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 112(4): 754-758. [details] Available for editors 

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Chen, H.L.; Ng, P.K.L. (1999). Description of a new spider crab, Maja gracilipes, from the South China Sea, with notes on the taxonomic validity of M-brevispinosis Dai, 1981 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 112(4): 754-758. [details] Available for editors 
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Ng, P.K.L.; Richer de Forges, B. (2015). Revision of the spider crabs of the genus <em>Maja </em>Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 63: 110-225. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Ng, P.K.L.; Richer de Forges, B. (2015). Revision of the spider crabs of the genus <em>Maja </em>Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 63: 110-225. [details] Available for editors
