Mithraculus White, 1847
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7626285 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3878A-A85E-FF81-04F4-8F73FD0FFF20 |
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Genus Mithraculus White, 1847 View in CoL View at ENA
Type species. Mithraculus coronatus White, 1847 View in CoL [Type locality: West Indies ] .
Remarks. Mithraculus is amphi-American in distribution and is currently formed by nine species: Mithraculus cancasense Türkay, 1967 ) [ Mithrax (Mithraculus) ] (EP); M. cinctimanus Stimpson, 1860 (WA); M. coronatus White, 1847 (WA); M. coryphe (Herbst, 1801) [ Cancer ] (WA); M. denticulatus ( Bell, 1835) [ Mithrax ] (EP); M. forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (WA); M. nodosus ( Bell, 1835) [ Mithrax ] (EP); M. rostratus ( Bell, 1835) [ Mithrax ] (EP); and M. sculptus ( Lamarck, 1818 [ Maia ] (WA). Mithraculus ruber Stimpson, 1871a (WA), has been transferred to Teleophrys (see below) by Windsor & Felder (2014).
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