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Carpilioidea
Superfamily of crabs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Carpilioidea | |
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Carpilius maculatus | |
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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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