Carpilioidea Explained

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

Notes and References

1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
2. Carrie E. Schweitzer . 2000 . Tertiary Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the west coast of North America . . 20 . 4 . 715–742 . 10.1651/0278-0372(2000)020[0715:TXCDBF]2.0.CO;2.
3. Fossil Crustacea (excluding Cirripedia and Ostracoda) in the University of Bucharest Collections, Romania, including two new species . Carrie E. Schweitzer . Rodney M. Feldmann . Iuliana Lazăr . . 35 . 2009 . 1–14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184515/http://www.city.mizunami.gifu.jp/odocs/sightseeing/mizunami/cultural_property/institution/bull35/pdf/01.pdf . 2011-06-12 .