| Kingdom |
| Fauna |
| Phylum |
| Arthropods |
| Class |
| Decapoda |
| Order |
| Decapoda (Decápodes) |
| Family |
| Majidae |
| Dimensions |
| About 18 cm in length and 20 cm in width. |
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| Portuguese Name |
| Santola |
| English Name |
| European spider crab, spiny spider crab or spinous spider crab |
| Species |
| Maja brachydactyla
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| Maja brachydactyla ( Herbst, 1788 ) |
| Description |
Cordiform shell, covered by numerous small thorns, presenting six bigger thorns over the lateral boards. Rostrum formed by two big divergent thorns. About 18 cm in length and 20 cm in width. Shell generaly covered by sea-weeds. Infralittoral algae population, occurring also on circalittoral.
Skaphandrus
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