Leptomithrax atavus Glaessner 1960 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1960. The fossil decapod Crustacea of New Zealand and the evolution of the Order Decapoda. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 31:1-79

Belongs to Leptomithrax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Feldmann and Keys 1992 and Glaessner 1960

Sister taxa: Leptomithrax depressus, Leptomithrax edwardsii, Leptomithrax elegans, Leptomithrax elongatus, Leptomithrax gaimardii, Leptomithrax garthi, Leptomithrax globifer, Leptomithrax griffini, Leptomithrax irirangi, Leptomithrax martensis, Leptomithrax sternocostulatus, Leptomithrax tuberculatus, Leptomithrax uruti

Type specimen: NZGS DC 255, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Makino River, on Stanley Road, which is in a Kapitean marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Makino River, on Stanley Road

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