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Leptomithrax

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Genus of crabs

Leptomithrax
Temporal range: 37.2–Recent Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Stuffed specimen of Leptomithrax edwardsii. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Majidae
Subfamily: Majinae
Genus: Leptomithrax
Miers, 1876

Leptomithrax is a genus of crabs in the family Majidae, first described by Edward J. Miers in 1876. They have been on Earth for 37.2 million years.

Species

Extant species

Extinct species

References

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptomithrax Miers, 1876". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  2. Edward J. Miers (March 1876). "XXII.—Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 17 (99): 218–229. doi:10.1080/00222937608681934. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q56116220.
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Leptomithrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Leptomithrax


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