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 Paleocene.

Genera

Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893

Carpilius 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

Carpilioidea

References

External links

Crabs

Extant Paleocene first appearances

Carpilioidea