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Carpilioidea
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Carpilioidea

Carpilioidea is a superfamily of crabs containing a single extant family, Carpiliidae and four extinct families. The modern range of the family includes the Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. The fossil record of the group extends back at least as far as the Paleocene.

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2 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Carpiliidae

familyCarpiliidae

Tumidocarcinidae

familyTumidocarcinidae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 774100.