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Mithracites
Taxonomy
Mithracites was named by Gould (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Mithracites vectensis. It is the type genus of Mithracitidae.
It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Homoloidea by Collins (2002); to Homolodromioidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Mithracitidae by Feldmann et al. (2012) and Luque et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Homoloidea by Collins (2002); to Homolodromioidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Mithracitidae by Feldmann et al. (2012) and Luque et al. (2017).
Species
M. takedai, M. vectensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1859 | Mithracites Gould |
| 2002 | Mithracites Collins p. 84 |
| 2002 | Mithracites Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Mithracites Schweitzer et al. p. 61 |
| 2012 | Mithracites Feldmann et al. p. 8 |
| 2017 | Mithracites Luque et al. p. 18 |
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G. †Mithracites Gould 1859
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†Mithracites takedai Van Bakel et al. 2012
†Mithracites vectensis Gould 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available