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]

Leptomithrax
Temporal range:
Stuffed specimen of Leptomithrax edwardsii. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Majidae
Genus:
Leptomithrax

Miers, 1876

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 mortenseni Bennett, 1964
  • Leptomithrax sinensis Rathbun, 1916
  • Leptomithrax sternocostulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1851)
  • Leptomithrax tuberculatus Whitelegge, 1900
  • Leptomithrax waitei (Whitelegge, 1900)

[1]

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

[3]

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptomithrax Miers, 1876". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  2. Edward J. Miers (March 1876). "XXII.—Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 17 (99): 218–229. doi:10.1080/00222937608681934. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q56116220.
  3. "Fossilworks: Leptomithrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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