Carpiliidae
Encyclopedia
Carpilioidea is a superfamily
of crab
s containing a single extant family, Carpiliidae and three extinct families. The modern range of the family includes the Indo-Pacific
, Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea
. The fossil record of the group extends back at least as far as the Paleocene
.
Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003
Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005
Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s containing a single extant family, Carpiliidae and three extinct families. The modern range of the family includes the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
, Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
. The fossil record of the group extends back at least as far as the Paleocene
Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...
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Genera
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893- CarpiliusCarpiliusCarpilius is a genus of crabs in the family Carpiliidae, containing the following species:* Carpilius convexus * Carpilius corallinus * Carpilius maculatus...
A. G. Desmarest, 1823 - †Eocarpilius Blow & Manning, 1996
- †Holcocarcinus Withers, 1924
- †Ocalina Rathbun, 1929
- †Palaeocarpilius A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
- †Paraocalina Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2007
- †Proxicarpilius Collins & Morris, 1978
Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003
- †Jakobsenius Schweitzer, 2005
- †Lobulata Schweitzer, Feldmann & Gingerich, 2004
- †Palaeoxantho Bishop, 1986
- †Palaeoxanthopsis Beurlen, 1958
- †Paraverrucoides Schweitzer, 2003
- †Remia Schweitzer, 2003
- †Rocacarcinus Schweitzer, 2005
- †Verrucoides Vega, Cosma, Coutiño, Feldmann, Nyborg, Schweitzer & Waugh, 2001
Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005
- †Baricarcinus Casadío, De Angeli, Feldmann, Garassino, Hetler, Parras & Schweitzer, 2004
- †Cyclocorystes Bell, 1858
- †Lobonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1863
- †Nitotacarcinus Schweitzer, Artal, Van Bakel, Jagt & Karasawa, 2007
- †Paratumidocarcinus Martins-Neto, 2001
- †Pulalius Schweitzer, Feldmann, Tucker & Berglund, 2000
- †Titanocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1863
- †Tumidocarcinus Glaessner, 1960
- †Xanthilites Bell, 1858
Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959
- †Fredericia Collins & Jakobsen, 2003
- †Harpactocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
- †Harpactoxanthopsis Vía, 1959
- †Martinetta Blow & Manning, 1997
- †Neozanthopsis Schweitzer, 2003
- †Zanthopsis M’Coy, 1849