Ala Lockington 1877 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

Synonym: Anaptychus Stimpson 1860

Parent taxon: Mithracidae according to A. M. Windsor and D. L. Felder 2014

See also Novack-Gottshall 2025 and Stimpson 1862

Sister taxa: Damithrax, Maguimithrax, Micippa, Microphrys, Mithraculus, Mithrax, Nemausa, Stenocionops, Teleophrys, Thoe, Tiarinia

Subtaxa: Ala cornuta

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Type: Anaptychus cornutus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gulf of CA (Quaternary of Mexico)

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