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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| Stuffed specimen of Leptomithrax edwardsii. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Majidae |
| Subfamily: | Majinae |
| Genus: | Leptomithrax Miers, 1876 |
Species
editExtant species
edit- 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)
Extinct species
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptomithrax Miers, 1876". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Fossilworks: Leptomithrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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