WoRMS taxon details
Mithracidae MacLeay, 1838
Mithracinae MacLeay, 1838 · unaccepted (superceded status)
Thoini Števčić, 1994 · unaccepted
- Genus Ala Lockington, 1877
- Genus Amphithrax Windsor & Felder, 2017
- Genus Hemus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
- Genus Maguimithrax Klompmaker, Portell, Klier, Prueter & Tucker, 2015
- Genus Microphrys H. Milne Edwards, 1851
- Genus Mithraculus White, 1847
- Genus Mithrax Latreille, 1816
- Genus Nemausa A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
- Genus Nonala Windsor & Felder, 2014
- Genus Omalacantha Streets, 1871
- Genus Petramithrax Windsor & Felder, 2014
- Genus Pitho Bell, 1836
- Genus Teleophrys Stimpson, 1860
- Genus Thoe Bell, 1836
- Genus Anaptychoides Strand, 1928 accepted as Ala Lockington, 1877 (unnecessary replacement name for Anaptychus Stimpson, 1860)
- Genus Engyzomaria Gistel, 1848 accepted as Pitho Bell, 1836 (unnecessary replacement name for Othonia Bell, 1836)
- Genus Eumilnia Kingsley, 1879 accepted as Microphrys H. Milne Edwards, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Microrynchus Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 accepted as Pitho Bell, 1836 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Mitraculus White, 1847 accepted as Mithraculus White, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Mitrax Latreille, 1816 accepted as Mithrax Latreille, 1816 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Othonia Bell, 1836 accepted as Pitho Bell, 1836 (name pre-occupied by Othonia Johnston, 1835 [Polychaeta])
- Genus Piloronus Gistel, 1848 accepted as Pitho Bell, 1836 (unnecessary replacement name for Pitho Bell, 1836)
- Genus Thoë Bell, 1836 accepted as Thoe Bell, 1836 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. 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. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Mithracidae MacLeay, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439056 on 2025-04-11
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original description
MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. 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. [details]
original description (of Mithracinae MacLeay, 1838) MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. 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. [details]
original description (of Thoini Števčić, 1994) Števčić, Z. (1994). Contribution to the re—classification of the family Majidae. <em>Periodicum Biologorum.</em> 419-420. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Mithracinae MacLeay, 1838) MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. 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. [details]
original description (of Thoini Števčić, 1994) Števčić, Z. (1994). Contribution to the re—classification of the family Majidae. <em>Periodicum Biologorum.</em> 419-420. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
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| Japanese | ワタクズガニ亜科 [from synonym] | [details] |
