Maiopsis
| Maiopsis | |
|---|---|
| Maiopsis panamensis Faxon, male. 1: dorsal view. 2: ventral view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Majidae |
| Genus: | Faxon, 1893[1] |
| Species: | M. panamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Maiopsis panamensis Faxon, 1893
| |
Maiopsis, also known as the Panamic spider crab or Ecuadorian king crab, is a genus of large deep-water spider crab. It contains a single species, Maiopsis panamensis. It is found in the Gulf of California, Peru to Ecuador from Galapagos.[2][3][4][5]
Description
It has a bright red colour and an oval-shaped carapace with long legs, the carapace being measured as large as 240 mm (9.4 in) both in length and width, with legspans of up to 300 mm (12 in) and weighing up to 3.9 kg (8.6 lb); this makes it the largest brachyuran crab known in the Gulf of California and the second worlds largest spider crab species.[6] The studies of this species are not well known and rare, the first sighting from the coast of Panama in 1893, there were no reports of this species in the Mexican waters until 1979.[7]
References
- ^ Faxon, Walter (1893). "Reports on the Dredging Operations off the West Coast of Central America to the Galapagos, &c., by the "Albatross." VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 24 (7): 149–220 [150].
- ^ "Galapagos Species Database". CDF dataZone. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Panamic Spider Crab | Mexican Crabs.org". Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Maiopsis panamensis, Panamic spidercrab". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Buy & Import Ecuadorian King Crab (Maiopsis Panamensis) Wholesale - Sold by Boni Seafood Inc, Canada". globaltradeplaza.com. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Maiopsis panamensis - ABBM".
- ^ "Panamic Spider Crab | Mexican Crabs.org". Retrieved 2025-07-04.