Carpilioidea

Carpilioidea Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Carpilius maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Carpilioidea Ortmann, 1893
Families
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003 † Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005 † Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959 †

Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata fossil, Middle Eocene, Venetia Region, northern Italy

Carpilioidea is a superfamily of crabs containing a single extant family, Carpiliidae and three extinct families.^[1] The modern range of the family includes the Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.^[2] The fossil record of the group extends back at least as far as the Paleocene.^[3]

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

References

1. Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
2. Carrie E. Schweitzer (2000). "Tertiary Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the west coast of North America". Journal of Crustacean Biology 20 (4): 715–742. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2000)020[0715:TXCDBF]2.0.CO;2.
3. Carrie E. Schweitzer, Rodney M. Feldmann & Iuliana Lazǎr (2009). "Fossil Crustacea (excluding Cirripedia and Ostracoda) in the University of Bucharest Collections, Romania, including two new species" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 35: 1–14.

External links

• Media related to Carpilioidea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Carpilioidea at Wikispecies