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Mithrax

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

Taxonomy
Mithrax was named by Latreille (1817). It is extant. Its type is Mithrax pilosus. It is the type genus of Mithracinae.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Kiessling (2003); to Mithracidae by Luque et al. (2017); and to Mithracinae by Todd and Collins (2005), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Mithrax Latreille
1817Mithrax (Mithrax) Latreille
1976Mithrax (Mithrax) Collins and Morris p. 118
2003Mithrax Kiessling
2005Mithrax Todd and Collins p. 73
2010Mithrax Schweitzer et al. p. 96
2017Mithrax Luque et al. p. 26
2020Mithrax Schweitzer et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyMajoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMajidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyMithracinaeMacLeay 1838
genusMithraxLatreille 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Mithrax Latreille 1817
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Mithrax arawakum Klompmaker 2015
Mithrax hemphilli Rathbun 1892
Mithrax hispidus Herbst 1790
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Invalid names: Mithrax (Mithrax) caribbaeus Rathbun 1920 [synonym]
Mithrax pilosus Rathbun 1892
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Invalid names: Cancer aculeatus Herbst 1790 [replaced]
Mithrax verrucosus Milne-Edwards 1832
Invalid names: Mithrax (Mithrax) Latreille 1817 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available