# Leptomithrax

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{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|37.2|Recent}}
| image = Leptomithrax edwardsii Stuffed specimen.jpg
| image_caption = Stuffed specimen of ''Leptomithrax edwardsii''. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
| taxon = Leptomithrax
| authority = [Miers](/source/Edward_J._Miers), 1876
}}

'''''Leptomithrax''''' is a genus of [crab](/source/crab)s in the family [Majidae](/source/Majidae), first described by [Edward J. Miers](/source/Edward_J._Miers) in 1876.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439466|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptomithrax Miers, 1876|website=www.marinespecies.org|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref><ref name="miers">{{cite Q|Q56116220}}</ref> They have been on Earth for 37.2 million years.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22508|title=Fossilworks: Leptomithrax|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>

== Species ==

=== Extant species ===
{{Linked species list
| Leptomithrax australis | (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853)
| Leptomithrax bifidus | (Ortmann, 1893)
| Leptomithrax depressus | Richer de Forges, 1993
| Leptomithrax edwardsii | (De Haan, 1835)
| Leptomithrax eldredgei | Richer de Forges & Ng, 2015
| Leptomithrax gaimardii | (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
| Leptomithrax garricki | Griffin, 1966
| Leptomithrax globifer | Rathbun, 1918
| Leptomithrax longimanus | (Miers, 1876)
| Leptomithrax longipes | (G. M. Thomson, 1902)
| Leptomithrax lowryi | Richer de Forges & Ng, 2023
| Leptomithrax mortenseni | Bennett, 1964
| Leptomithrax sinensis | Rathbun, 1916
| Leptomithrax sternocostulatus | (H. Milne Edwards, 1851)
| Leptomithrax tuberculatus | Whitelegge, 1900
| Leptomithrax waitei | (Whitelegge, 1900)
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=== Extinct species ===
{{Linked species list
| Leptomithrax atavus | Glaessner 1960
| Leptomithrax elegans | Jenkins 1985
| Leptomithrax elongatus | McLay 1995
| Leptomithrax garthi | McLay et al. 1995
| Leptomithrax griffini | Feldmann and Maxwell 1990
| Leptomithrax irirangi | Glaessner 1960
| Leptomithrax martensis | Jenkins 1985
| Leptomithrax uruti | Glaessner 1960
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== References ==
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Category:Majoidea
Category:Decapod genera
Category:Taxa described in 1876
Category:Taxa named by Edward J. Miers

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