Maja squinado European spider crab, Spiny spider crab, Spinous spider crab

Maja squinado is commonly referred to as European spider crab, Spiny spider crab, Spinous spider crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3322 

AphiaID:

107350 

Scientific:

Maja squinado 

German:

Mittelmeer Seespinne 

English:

European Spider Crab, Spiny Spider Crab, Spinous Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Majidae (Family) > Maja (Genus) > squinado (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1788 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Straße von Gibraltar, Algeria, Balearic Islands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lybia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Northeast Atlantic, Northern Africa, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 150 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

7.09" - 8.66" (18cm - 22cm) 

Temperature:

8,2 °F - 68 °F (8,2°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Maja africana
• Maja bisarmata
• 
  Maja brachydactyla
  Atlantische Seespinne
• Maja capensis
• Maja compressipes
• Maja confragosa
• 
  Maja crispata
  Kleine Mittelmeer-Seespinne
• Maja erinacea
• Maja gibba
• Maja goltziana
• Maja gracilipes
• Maja japonica
• Maja kominatoensis
• Maja linapacanensis
• Maja miersii
• Maja nagashimaensis
• Maja sakaii
• Maja spinigera
• 
  Maja squinado
  Mittelmeer Seespinne
• Maja suluensis
• Maja tuberculata
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-08-30 23:58:35 

Last edit:

2025-09-21 14:03:54 

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