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: 37.2–Recent Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

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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