Maja is a genus of majid crabs erected by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1801. It includes the following extant species:
- Maja africana <small>Griffin & Tranter, 1996</small>
- Maja bisarmata <small>Rathbun, 1916</small>
- Maja brachydactyla <small>Balss, 1922</small>
- Maja capensis <small>Ortmann, 1894</small>
- Maja compressipes <small>(Miers, 1879)</small>
- Maja confragosa <small>Griffin & Tranter, 1996</small>
- Maja crispata <small>Risso, 1827</small>
- Maja erinacea <small>de Ninni, 1924</small>
- Maja gibba <small>Alcock, 1899</small>
- Maja goltziana <small>d'Oliviera, 1888</small>
- Maja gracilipes <small>Chen & Ng, 1999</small>
- Maja japonica <small>Rathbun, 1932</small>
- Maja kominatoensis <small>Kubo, 1936</small>
- Maja linapacanensis <small>Rathbun, 1916</small>
- Maja miersii <small>Walker, 1887</small>
- Maja sakaii <small>Takeda & Miyake, 1969</small>
- Maja spinigera <small>(De Haan, 1837)</small>
- Maja squinado <small>(Herbst, 1788)</small>
- Maja suluensis <small>Rathbun, 1916</small>
- Maja tuberculata <small>De Haan, 1839</small>
A further 12 species are known from fossils.
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