Mithrax

Mithrax
Mithrax aculeatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Mithracidae
Genus: Mithrax
Latreille, 1816
Synonyms

Mitrax H. Milne Edwards, 1838

Mithrax is a genus of spider crabs in the family Mithracidae, containing about a dozen species that exhibit wide variation in body morphology.[1]

References

  1. Windsor, Amanda M.; Felder, Darryl L. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reanalysis of the family Mithracidae MacLeay (Decapoda : Brachyura: Majoidea)". Invertebrate Systematics. 28 (2): 145. doi:10.1071/IS13011.


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