Genus Leptomithrax Miers, 1876
- Leptomithrax Miers, E.F. 1876. Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 218-229 [220] [first introduced as a subgenus of Paramithrax H. Milne Edwards, 1834; gender masculine].
Type species:
Paramithrax (Leptomithrax) longimanus Miers, 1876 by subsequent designation, see Miers, E.J. 1879. On the classification of the Maioid Crustacea of Oxyrhyncha, with a synopsis of the families, sub-families and genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 14: 634-673 pls 12-13 [655]. - Austromithrax Bennett, E.W. 1964. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Crustacea Brachyura. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir No. 22. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 153: 1-120, frontispiece figs 1-141 [51] [first introduced as a subgenus of Leptomithrax Miers, 1876; gender masculine].
Type species:
Leptomithrax (Austromithrax) mortenseni Bennett, 1964 by original designation. - Zemithrax Bennett, E.W. 1964. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Crustacea Brachyura. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir No. 22. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 153: 1-120, frontispiece figs 1-141 [53] [first introduced as a subgenus of Leptomithrax Miers, 1876; gender masculine].
Type species:
Paramithrax longipes Thompson, 1902 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Griffin, D.J.G. 1966. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Spider crabs, Family Majidae (Crustacea, Brachyura). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 172(Mem. No. 35): 1-111 figs 1-23 pls 1-4 [61]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Pacific Ocean (Australia, New Zealand, Japan).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
General References
Griffin, D.J.G. & Tranter, H. 1986. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39(c4): 1-335, 112 text-figs 22 pls [208] (key to species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |