Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Alternative spelling: Mithracidae
Parent taxon: Majidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Karasawa 1990, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Todd and Collins 2005 and Wolfe et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Actinotocarcininae, Disspinamithrax, Eurynolambrinae, Majiinae, Majinae, Micromaiinae, Planoterginae, Platymaia
Subtaxa: Ala Damithrax Maguimithrax Micippa Microphrys Mithraculus Mithrax Nemausa Stenocionops Teleophrys Thoe Tiarinia
Type: Mithrax
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (7 collections), Ecuador (1), Haiti (2), Jamaica (3), Mexico (2), Panama (1), United States (3: Florida, Virgin Islands)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Pliocene of Cuba (1), Fiji (2), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Venezuela (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), Hungary (2), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Malta (1), Panama (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (2)
• Eocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Arkansas)
Total: 38 collections including 66 occurrences