Decanet taxon details
Sakaija japonica (Rathbun, 1932)
870226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870226)
accepted
Species
Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maja japonica Yokoya, 1933 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Maja nipponensis Sakai, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932) Rathbun, M.J. (1932). Preliminary descriptions of new species of Japanese crabs. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 45: 29-38. [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Sakaija japonica (Rathbun, 1932). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870226 on 2026-09-12
original description
(of Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932) Rathbun, M.J. (1932). Preliminary descriptions of new species of Japanese crabs. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 45: 29-38. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Maja nipponensis Sakai, 1934) Sakai, T. (1934). Brachyura from the Coast of Kyusyu, Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, Section B.</em> 1(25): 281-330, pls. 17-18. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Maja japonica Yokoya, 1933) Yokoya, Y. (1933). On the distribution of decapod crustaceans inhabiting the continental shelf around Japan, chiefly based upon the materials collected by S.S. Sôyô-Maru, during the year 1923-1930. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture. Tokyo Imperial University.</em> 12(1): 1-226. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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
original description (of Maja nipponensis Sakai, 1934) Sakai, T. (1934). Brachyura from the Coast of Kyusyu, Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, Section B.</em> 1(25): 281-330, pls. 17-18. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Maja japonica Yokoya, 1933) Yokoya, Y. (1933). On the distribution of decapod crustaceans inhabiting the continental shelf around Japan, chiefly based upon the materials collected by S.S. Sôyô-Maru, during the year 1923-1930. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture. Tokyo Imperial University.</em> 12(1): 1-226. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤマトケアシガニ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Maja japonica Yokoya, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maja japonica) (from synonym Maja japonica Yokoya, 1933)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maja japonica) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 48252) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Maja japonica Yokoya, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maja japonica) (from synonym Maja japonica Yokoya, 1933)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maja japonica) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 48252) (from synonym Maja japonica Rathbun, 1932)