NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Mithracidae
  Superfamily - Majoidea
  Infraorder - Brachyura
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mithrax hispidus
      Species - Mithrax pleuracanthus
      Species - Mithrax holderi
      Species - Mithrax spinosissimus
      Species - Mithrax hemphilli
      Species - Mithrax pilosus
      Species - Mithrax tortugae
      Species - Mithrax verrucosus
      Species - Mithrax caribbaeus