''Leptomithrax'' is a genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Majidae
Majidae is a family of crabs, comprising around 200 marine species inside 52 genera, with a carapace that is longer than it is broad, and which forms a point at the front. The legs can be very long in some species, leading to the name "spider c ...
, first described by
Edward J. Miers in 1876.
They have been on Earth for 37.2 million years.
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
''Leptomithrax gaimardii'' (common name - Great spider-crab) is a species of crab in the Majidae family, first described by Henri Milne-Edwards in 1834 as ''Paramithrax gaimardii,'' from a specimen (erroneously said to be) found in New Zealand w ...
''
(H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
* ''
Leptomithrax garricki''
Griffin, 1966
* ''
Leptomithrax globifer''
Rathbun, 1918
* ''
Leptomithrax longimanus
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
(Miers, 1876)
* ''
Leptomithrax longipes''
(G. M. Thomson, 1902)
* ''
Leptomithrax mortenseni''
Bennett, 1964
* ''
Leptomithrax sinensis''
Rathbun, 1916
* ''
Leptomithrax sternocostulatus''
(H. Milne Edwards, 1851)
* ''
Leptomithrax tuberculatus''
Whitelegge, 1900
* ''
Leptomithrax waitei
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
(Whitelegge, 1900)
Extinct species
* ''
Leptomithrax atavus
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
Glaessner 1960
* ''
Leptomithrax elegans
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
Jenkins 1985
* ''
Leptomithrax elongatus
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
McLay 1995
* ''
Leptomithrax garthi
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
McLay et al. 1995
* ''
Leptomithrax griffini
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
Feldmann and Maxwell 1990
* ''
Leptomithrax irirangi
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
Glaessner 1960
* ''
Leptomithrax martensis
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
Jenkins 1985
* ''
Leptomithrax uruti
''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.
Species
Extant species
* '' Leptomithrax australis'' (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, ...
''
Glaessner 1960
References
Majoidea
Crustacean genera
Taxa described in 1876
Taxa named by Edward J. Miers
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