Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Alternative spelling: Mitrax
Parent taxon: Mithracinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Kiessling 2003, Luque et al. 2017, Novack-Gottshall 2025, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd and Collins 2005
Sister taxa: Ala, Damithrax, Maguimithrax, Micippa, Microphrys, Mithraculus, Nemausa, Stenocionops, Teleophrys, Thoe, Tiarinia
Subtaxa: Mithrax (Mithrax) Mithrax arawakum Mithrax hemphilli Mithrax hispidus Mithrax pilosus Mithrax verrucosus
Type: Mithrax pilosus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (6 collections), Haiti (2), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (3: Florida, Virgin Islands)
• Pliocene of Cuba (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), Jamaica (1)
Total: 20 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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