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Mithrax Latreille, 1816

158428  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158428)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Majoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Mithracidae (Family)
  16. Mithrax (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cancer hispidus Herbst, 1790 accepted as Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) (type by subsequent designation)
Damithrax Windsor & Felder, 2014 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mithrax (Mithrax) Latreille, 1816 · unaccepted (superceded status)
Mitrax Latreille, 1816 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Trachonites Desmarest, 1823 · unaccepted (first proposed as junior synonym,...)  
first proposed as junior synonym, unavailable name

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  1. Species Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790)
  2. Species Mithrax pleuracanthus Stimpson, 1871
  3. Species Mithrax tortugae Rathbun, 1920
  4. Subgenus Mithrax (Mithraculus) White, 1847 accepted as Mithraculus White, 1847 (superseded status)
    1. Species Mithrax (Mithraculus) cancasense Türkay, 1967 accepted as Mithrax (Mithraculus) cancasensis Türkay, 1967 accepted as Mithraculus cancasensis (Türkay, 1967) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    2. Species Mithrax (Mithraculus) cancasensis Türkay, 1967 accepted as Mithraculus cancasensis (Türkay, 1967) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Mithrax (Mithraculus) commensalis Manning, 1970 accepted as Mithraculus cinctimanus Stimpson, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    4. Species Mithrax (Mithraculus) forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 accepted as Mithraculus forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    5. Species Mithrax (Mithraculus) ochraceus Gomez, 1933 accepted as Mithraculus forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Subgenus Mithrax (Mithrax) Latreille, 1816 accepted as Mithrax Latreille, 1816 (superceded status)
    1. Species Mithrax (Mithrax) besnardi Melo, 1990 accepted as Amphithrax besnardi (Melo, 1990) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Mithrax (Mithrax) clarionensis Garth, 1940 accepted as Amphithrax clarionensis (Garth, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Mithrax (Mithrax) mexicanus Glassell, 1936 accepted as Nemausa spinipes (Bell, 1836) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    4. Species Mithrax (Mithrax) orcutti Rathbun, 1925 accepted as Amphithrax armatus (de Saussure, 1853) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    5. Species Mithrax (Mithrax) sonorensis Rathbun in Glassell, 1933 accepted as Herbstia camptacantha (Stimpson, 1871) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Subgenus Mithrax (Schizophrys) White, 1848 accepted as Schizophrys White, 1848
    1. Species Mithrax (Schizophrys) triangularis Kossmann, 1877 accepted as Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Species Mithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790) accepted as Amphithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Mithrax acuticornis Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Nemausa acuticornis (Stimpson, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Species Mithrax affinis de Brito Capello, 1871 accepted as Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Species Mithrax affinis Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 accepted as Mithraculus cinctimanus Stimpson, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Species Mithrax areolatus Lockington, 1877 accepted as Mithraculus denticulatus (Bell, 1836) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Species Mithrax armatus de Saussure, 1853 accepted as Amphithrax armatus (de Saussure, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  13. Species Mithrax asper H. Milne Edwards, 1831 accepted as Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1831) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Mithrax bahamensis Rathbun, 1892 accepted as Nonala holderi (Stimpson, 1871) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Mithrax bellii Gerstaecker, 1856 accepted as Amphithrax bellii (Gerstaecker, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Mithrax braziliensis Rathbun, 1892 accepted as Amphithrax braziliensis (Rathbun, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Mithrax caboverdianus Türkay, 1986 accepted as Amphithrax caboverdianus (Türkay, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Mithrax caribbaeus Rathbun, 1920 accepted as Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Mithrax clarionensis Garth, 1940 accepted as Amphithrax clarionensis (Garth, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Mithrax cornutus de Saussure, 1857 accepted as Nemausa cornuta (de Saussure, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Mithrax dama (Herbst, 1804) accepted as Schizophrys dama (Herbst, 1804) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Mithrax denticulatus Bell, 1836 accepted as Mithraculus denticulatus (Bell, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Mithrax depressus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 accepted as Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Mithrax dichotomus Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Schizophrys dichotomus (Desmarest, 1823) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  25. Species Mithrax dicotomus Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Mithrax dichotomus Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Schizophrys dichotomus (Desmarest, 1823) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  26. Species Mithrax forceps (A. Milne-Edwards, 1875) accepted as Mithraculus forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Mithrax hemphilli Rathbun, 1892 accepted as Amphithrax hemphilli (Rathbun, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Mithrax Herbsti Risso, 1827 accepted as Herbstia condyliata (Fabricius, 1787) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Species Mithrax holderi Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Nonala holderi (Stimpson, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Species Mithrax humphreyi Jones, 1969 accepted as Teleophrys ruber (Stimpson, 1871) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Mithrax laevimanus Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 accepted as Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Mithrax leucomelas Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 accepted as Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Mithrax minutus de Saussure, 1858 accepted as Mithraculus sculptus (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Mithrax nodosus Bell, 1836 accepted as Mithraculus nodosus (Bell, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Mithrax pilosus Rathbun, 1892 accepted as Amphithrax pilosus (Rathbun, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Mithrax plumosus Rathbun, 1901 accepted as Amphithrax verrucosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Mithrax pygmaeus Bell, 1836 accepted as Petramithrax pygmaeus (Bell, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Mithrax quadridentatus MacLeay, 1838 accepted as Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Mithrax rostratus Bell, 1836 accepted as Mithraculus rostratus (Bell, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Mithrax scaber O.G. Costa, 1840 accepted as Herbstia condyliata (Fabricius, 1787) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Species Mithrax sculptus (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Mithraculus sculptus (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  42. Species Mithrax sinensis Rathbun, 1892 accepted as Nemausa sinensis (Rathbun, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  43. Species Mithrax spinifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 accepted as Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Species Mithrax spinosissimus (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Maguimithrax spinosissimus (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Mithrax suborbicularis Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Cyclax suborbicularis (Stimpson, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Mithrax triangularis Kossmann, 1877 accepted as Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1831) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  47. Species Mithrax trispinosus Kingsley, 1879 accepted as Mithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790) accepted as Amphithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Mithrax tuberculatus Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Amphithrax tuberculatus (Stimpson, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  49. Species Mithrax verrucosus H. Milne Edwards, 1832 accepted as Amphithrax verrucosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Latreille [P. A.]. (1816). Les Crustacés, les Arachnides, et les Insectes. <em>In: [G. L. C. F. D.] Cuvier. Le Règne Animal, Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour Servrir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée.</em> Volume 3: i-xxix+1-653. Paris: Deterville [Dated 1817, published 2 December 1816 fide Roux, 1976]. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Mithrax Latreille, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158428 on 2025-04-03
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Cuvelier, Daphne
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Davie, Peter
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Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description Latreille [P. A.]. (1816). Les Crustacés, les Arachnides, et les Insectes. <em>In: [G. L. C. F. D.] Cuvier. Le Règne Animal, Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour Servrir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée.</em> Volume 3: i-xxix+1-653. Paris: Deterville [Dated 1817, published 2 December 1816 fide Roux, 1976]. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Damithrax Windsor & Felder, 2014) Windsor, A.M.; Felder, D.L. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reanalysis of the family Mithracidae MacLeay (Decapoda : Brachyura : Majoidea). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 28(2): 145-173., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is13011 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Trachonites Desmarest, 1823) Desmarest, A.G. (1823). Malacostracés. <em>In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d´après l´état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l´utilité qu´en peuvent retirer la médecine, l´agriculture, le commerce et les artes. Suivi d´une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ... Strasbourg, Paris.</em> Vol. 28, Pages 138-425., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25299812 [details] 

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

 
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