Mithracidae

Mithrax hispidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Majoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Majoidea

Familia: Mithracidae
Genera: Ala – Amphithrax – †Disspinamithrax – Hemus – Maguimithrax – Microphrys – Mithraculus – Mithrax – Nemausa – Nonala – Omalacantha – Petramithrax – Pitho – Teleophrys – Thoe

Name

Mithracidae MacLeay, 1838

• Type genus: Mithrax Latreille, 1816

Synonymy

• Mithracinae MacLeay, 1838
• Thoini Števčić, 1994

References

Primary references

• Macleay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, Pls. 2, 3. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Colavite, J., Santana, W. & Tavares, M. 2016. Morphological differences between Stenocionops furcatus (Olivier, 1791) and S. coelatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea). Zootaxa 4184(3): 517–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.3.6. Reference page. 
• Windsor, A.M. & Felder, D.L. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reanalysis of the family Mithracidae MacLeay (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea). Invertebrate systematics 28(2): 145–173. DOI: 10.1071/IS13011 Reference page. 

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