Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Carpilioidea for Madagascar (Indian Ocean islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Carpilioidea Ortmann, 1893
and region Madagascar (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	232 864 1815	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	231 863 1814	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	122 593 1376	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	120 590 1370	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	111 554 1307	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	59 318 684	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	51 285 639	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	37 227 502	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Carpilioidea Ortmann, 1893	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Madagascar
2 Families width 4 Species

Carpiliidae (Ortmann, 1893)	Coral crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Madagascar
3 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Madagascar
4 Species

Carpilius convexus Forskål, 1775	Convex Crab
Carpilius maculatus Linnaeus, 1758	Blood Spotted Crab
Carpilodes margaritatus (A. Milne Edw..., 1873)	⇒ Liomera margaritata A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Titanocarcinus mammilatus Secretan, 1964

Subnodes of Carpilioidea with occurrences in Madagascar

Family	Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 Coral crabs, Queen crabs, Reef crabs	2 3	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