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  • proper noun A natural family comprising the spider crabs.

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  • noun spider crabs

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Examples

  • Grazing and predation as related to energy needs of stage I zoeae of the Tanner crab Chinoectes bairdi (Brachyura, Majidae).

    Past variability in Arctic marine systems 2009

  • In the paper "A new species of Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) from Micronesia" by B.R. de Forges and P.K.L. Ng in Zootaxa 1409: 61-67 (2007) a new species of Cyrtomaia deep-sea spider crab.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • A note on aggregation behaviour and mass mortality of the spider crab Maja squinado (Herbst) (Decapoda, Majidae) in shallow water on the north Co Wexford coast.

    Crabs on Roney Beach Dr. Eugene F.M. O'Loughlin 2008

  • A note on aggregation behaviour and mass mortality of the spider crab Maja squinado (Herbst) (Decapoda, Majidae) in shallow water on the north Co Wexford coast.

    My Academic Publications Dr. Eugene F.M. O'Loughlin 2008

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