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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Majoidea

Familia: Mithracidae
Genus: Mithrax
Species: M. hispidus - M. pleuracanthus - M. tortugae
References

Ng, P.K.L.; Low, M.E.Y. 2010: On the generic nomenclature of nine brachyuran names, with four replacement names and two nomina protecta (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zootaxa, 2489: 34–46. Preview
Windsor, A.M.; Felder, D.L. 2009: Re-evaluation of species allied to Mithrax hispidus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea: Mithracidae) based on three mitochondrial genes. Zootaxa, 2302: 61–68. Abstract & excerpt

Mithrax is a genus of spider crabs in the family Mithracidae, containing about a dozen species that exhibit wide variation in body morphology.[1]
References

Windsor, Amanda M.; Felder, Darryl L. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reanalysis of the family Mithracidae MacLeay (Decapoda : Brachyura: Majoidea)". Invertebrate Systematics. 28 (2): 145. doi:10.1071/IS13011. S2CID 85848892.

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