Leptomithrax

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Leptomithrax

Leptomithrax is a genus of crabs in the family Majidae, first described by Edward J. Miers in 1876.[1][2] They have been on Earth for 37.2 million years.[3]

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Leptomithrax
Temporal range: 37.2–Recent Ma
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Stuffed specimen of Leptomithrax edwardsii. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Majidae
Subfamily: Majinae
Genus: Leptomithrax
Miers, 1876
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Species

Extant species

  • Leptomithrax australis (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853)
  • Leptomithrax bifidus (Ortmann, 1893)
  • Leptomithrax depressus Richer de Forges, 1993
  • Leptomithrax edwardsii (De Haan, 1835)
  • Leptomithrax eldredgei Richer de Forges & Ng, 2015
  • Leptomithrax gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
  • Leptomithrax garricki Griffin, 1966
  • Leptomithrax globifer Rathbun, 1918
  • Leptomithrax longimanus (Miers, 1876)
  • Leptomithrax longipes (G. M. Thomson, 1902)
  • Leptomithrax lowryi Richer de Forges & Ng, 2023
  • Leptomithrax mortenseni Bennett, 1964
  • Leptomithrax sinensis Rathbun, 1916
  • Leptomithrax sternocostulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1851)
  • Leptomithrax tuberculatus Whitelegge, 1900
  • Leptomithrax waitei (Whitelegge, 1900)

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Extinct species

  • Leptomithrax atavus Glaessner 1960
  • Leptomithrax elegans Jenkins 1985
  • Leptomithrax elongatus McLay 1995
  • Leptomithrax garthi McLay et al. 1995
  • Leptomithrax griffini Feldmann and Maxwell 1990
  • Leptomithrax irirangi Glaessner 1960
  • Leptomithrax martensis Jenkins 1985
  • Leptomithrax uruti Glaessner 1960

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References

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