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

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]

Genera

Arabicarcinidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2017

Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893

Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003

Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005

Zanthopsidae Vía Boada, 1959

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (21 July 2024). "Carpilioidea Ortmann, 1893". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer; Rodney M. Feldmann; Iuliana Lazăr (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12.
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