Specimen J 44706 Our Wondrous Planet, Our Wild Family: Dry Specimen - Lesser Spider Crab, Maja crispata Risso, 1827

• Taxon Name

  Maja crispata

• Author and date of publication

  Risso, 1827

• Preferred Common name

  Lesser Spider Crab

• Date Identified

  24/06/2025

• Identified By

  Dr Joanne Taylor - Museums Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Male

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Whole, Form: Dry, Fixative treatment: painted; Form: Dry

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Arthropoda

• Subphylum

  Crustacea

• Superclass

  Multicrustacea

• Class

  Malacostraca

• Subclass

  Eumalacostraca

• Superorder

  Eucarida

• Order

  Decapoda

• Suborder

  Pleocyemata

• Infraorder

  Brachyura

• Superfamily

  Majoidea

• Family

  Majidae

• Subfamily

  Majinae

• Genus

  Maja

• Species Name

  crispata