Paramaja Kubo, 1936

Ng, Peter K. L. & Forges, Bertrand Richer De, 2015, Revision of the spider crab genus Maja Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63, pp. 110-225 : 132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5384590
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466793
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scientific name	Paramaja Kubo, 1936
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Key to species of Paramaja Kubo, 1936 View in CoL

1. In adults, pseudorostral horns with cross-section rounded ( Figs. 8 View Fig , 9 View Fig , 13A–C View Fig , 36G, H View Fig ); carapace dorsal surface usually strongly swollen, covered with large rounded or sharp tubercles which may merge basally ( Figs. 8 View Fig , 9 View Fig , 13A–C View Fig , 14A–E View Fig ); distal part of G1 relatively long, tip gently bent laterally ( Fig. 15A–J View Fig ); Japan, South Korea and Taiwan............................................... ...................................... Paramaja kominatoensis Kubo, 1936 View in CoL

– In adults, pseudorostral horns dorso-ventrally flattened ( Figs. 13D–F View Fig , 36I–K View Fig ); carapace dorsal surface relatively less swollen, with numerous small and large distinct tubercles and granules which are never swollen ( Figs. 10–12 View Fig View Fig View Fig , 13D–F View Fig , 14F–H View Fig ); distal part of G1 not as above ..........................................................2

2. Adult carapace rounded ( Fig. 12 View Fig ); distal part of G1 relatively shorter, tip in line with rest of G1 ( Fig. 15N–U View Fig ); Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands and Solomon Islands............................. ............................................................ Paramaja turgida View in CoL n. sp.

– Adult carapace ovate ( Figs. 10 View Fig , 11 View Fig ); distal part of G1 relatively longer, tip gently bent laterally ( Fig. 15K–M View Fig ); Indian Ocean ............................................... Paramaja gibba ( Alcock, 1895) View in CoL