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Spider Crabs and Decorator Crabs
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Spider Crabs and Decorator Crabs

Majoidea

Majoidea is a superfamily of crab which contains spider crabs, along with the decorator crabs.

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6 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Kelp Crabs

familyEpialtidae

Typical Spider Crabs

familyMajidae

Inachidae

familyInachidae

Oregoniidae

familyOregoniidae

Mithracidae

familyMithracidae

Inachoididae

familyInachoididae

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47715.