Carpilius
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Carpilius is a genus of crab
s in the family Carpiliidae
, containing the following species:
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 in the family Carpiliidae
Carpiliidae
Carpilioidea is a superfamily of crabs 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...
, containing the following species:
- Carpilius convexusCarpilius convexusCarpilius convexus is a species of crab that lives in the Indo-Pacific, from Hawaii to the Red Sea and South Africa. It was first described by Peter Forsskål in 1775 as "Cancer convexus", and has sometimes been treated as a variety of the larger species Carpilius maculatus. The biology of the genus...
(Forskål, 1775) - Carpilius corallinus (Herbst, 1783)
- Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)