Carpilioidea is a superfamily of crabs containing a single extant family, Carpiliidae and four extinct families.[1][2] The modern range of the family includes the Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.[3] The fossil record of the group extends back at least as far as the Paleocene.[4]
Carpilioidea Temporal range:
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Carpilius maculatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
(unranked): | Reptantia |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Eubrachyura |
Subsection: | Heterotremata |
Superfamily: | Carpilioidea (Ortmann, 1893) |
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†Arabicarcinidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2017
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893
†Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003
†Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005
†Zanthopsidae Vía Boada, 1959