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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Carpilioidea
Familia: Carpiliidae
Genus: Carpilius
Species: C. convexus – C. corallinus – C. maculatus – †C. occidentalis
Name

Carpilius Leach in Desmarest, 1823

Carpilius convexus

Carpilius convexus

References

Desmarest A.G., 1823: Crustacés Malacostracé. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, 28. F.G. Levrault et Le Normant: Strasbourg and Paris, 138-425.
Schweitzer, C.E., 2000: Tertiary Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the west coast of North America, Journal of Crustacean Biology, 20(4): 715–742

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

Carpilius convexus (Forskål, 1775)
Carpilius corallinus (Herbst, 1783)
Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

P. Davie (2010). "Carpilius Desmarest, 1823". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 6, 2010.

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