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Mithrax  Desmarest, 1823
Taxonomic Serial No.: 98519

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802 – short-tailed crabs, true crabs  
                                        SuperfamilyMajoidea Samouelle, 1819 – spider crabs  
                                           FamilyMithracidae Balss, 1929  
                                              GenusMithrax Desmarest, 1823  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Mithrax caribbaeus M. J. Rathbun, 1900  
                                                 Species Mithrax hemphilli M. J. Rathbun, 1892  
                                                 Species Mithrax hispidus (J. F. W. Herbst, 1790) – coral clinging crab, shaggy clinging crab 
                                                 Species Mithrax holderi Stimpson, 1871  
                                                 Species Mithrax pilosus M. J. Rathbun, 1892  
                                                 Species Mithrax pleuracanthus Stimpson, 1871 – shaggy clinging crab 
                                                 Species Mithrax spinosissimus (Lamarck, 1818) – channel clinging crab 
                                                 Species Mithrax tortugae M. J. Rathbun, 1920  
                                                 Species Mithrax verrucosus H. Milne Edwards, 1832 – paved clinging crab 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Mithrax   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Austin B.  
  Publication Date: 1984   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida   
  Page(s): xviii + 550   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87474-960-3   
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  Reference for: Mithrax   
       

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