Carpilius

Carpilius
Carpilius convexus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Carpiliidae
Genus: Carpilius
Desmarest, 1823

Carpilius is a genus of crabs in the family Carpiliidae, containing the following species:[1]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
† Carpilius cantellii De Angeli & Alberti, 2021Vicenza, Italy[2]
Carpilius convexus (Forskål, 1775)Indo-Pacific, from Hawaii to the Red Sea and South Africa
Carpilius corallinus (Herbst, 1783)western Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Florida to Brazil including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
† Carpilius lwangi Hu & Tao, 2000
Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)from Hawaii to Mozambique and South Africa
† Carpilius petreus Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2007


References

  1. ↑ Boyko, Christopher B. (15 December 2022). "Carpilius Desmarest, 1823". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  2. ↑ De Angeli, Antonio; Alberti, Riccardo (2021). "Carpilius cantellii n. sp. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Carpiloidea) nuovo crostaceo eocenico del territorio vicentino (Italia nordorientale)". Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali. 101: 53–59. ISSN 0371-3725.