Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Carpilioidea for Japan (East Asia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Carpilioidea Ortmann, 1893
and region Japan (East Asia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	337 1830 5827	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	335 1828 5824	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	161 1152 4062	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	159 1143 4017	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	148 1092 3833	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	82 654 2031	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	72 593 1888	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	54 462 1516	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Carpilioidea Ortmann, 1893	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Japan
2 Families width 6 Species

Carpiliidae (Ortmann, 1893)	Coral crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Japan
3 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Japan
6 Species

Carpilius convexus Forskål, 1775	Convex Crab
Carpilius maculatus Linnaeus, 1758	Blood Spotted Crab
Carpilodes cariosus (Alcock, 1898)	⇒ Liomera monticulosa A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Carpilodes ruber (A. Milne Edw..., 1865)	⇒ Liomera rubra A. Milne-Edw..., 1865
Carpilodes vaillantianus (A. Milne Edw..., 1852)	⇒ Liomera bella Dana, 1852
Xanthilites pentagonalis Yokoyama, 1911

Subnodes of Carpilioidea with occurrences in Japan

Family	Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 Coral crabs, Queen crabs, Reef crabs	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Tumidocarcinidae ♰ Schweitzer, 2005	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Carpilioidea at biodiversity.org.au
Carpilioidea at marinespecies.org