Majoidea facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Majoidea

The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Majoidea

Majoidea is a superfamily of crabs, infraorder Brachyura. Majoidea contains five or six families:

Epialtidae
Hymenosomatidae – but it may not belong in this group
Inachidae
Inachoididae
Majidae
Oregoniidae

Images for kids

Hoplophrys oatesi, an Epialtidae
Limnopilos naiyanetri, a Hymenosomatidae
Macrocheira kaempferi, an Inachidae
Pyromaia cuspidata, an Inachoididae
Maja squinado, a Majidae
Hyas coarctatus, an Oregoniidae

See also

In Spanish: Majoidea para niños

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