Leptomithrax

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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptomithrax Miers, 1876". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  2. ↑ Miers, Edward (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. Wikidata Q56116220.
  3. 1 2 "Fossilworks: Leptomithrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.