Full reference: A. E. Ortmann. 1893. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. VI Theil. Abtheilung: Brachyura (Brachyura genuina Boas), I. Unterabtheilung: Majoidea und Cancroidea, 1: Section Portuninea. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums 7:22-88
Parent taxon: Heterotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Ahyong et al. 2007, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aethroidea, Archaeochiapasidae, Bellioidea, Bythograeoidea, Calappoidea, Cancroidea, Cheiragonoidea, Componocancroidea, Corystoidea, Dairoidea, Dorippoidea, Eriphioidea, Gecarcinucoidea, Goneplacoidea, Hexapodoidea, Leucosioidea, Leucosoidea, Maioidea, Majoidea, Marocarcinidae, Montezumelloidea, Orithyioidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Progeryonoidea, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Trichodactyloidea, Trichopeltarioidea, Xanthoidea
Subtaxa: Arabicarcinidae Carpiliidae Palaeoxanthopsidae Tumidocarcinidae Zanthopsidae
Type: Carpilius
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Jamaica (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Austria (1), Brazil (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Massachusetts)
• Oligocene of India (1), Italy (3), New Zealand (2), Oman (1), Panama (1), United States (2: Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Canada (1: British Columbia), Croatia (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (2), France (1), Germany (2), Haiti (2), Hungary (2), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (35), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Libya (2), Mexico (7), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Nigeria (2), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (28), Slovakia (1), Spain (12), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (63: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleogene of Belgium (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2), Austria (3), France (3), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), United States (8: Alabama, California, New Jersey, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Germany (1), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), Puerto Rico (1), Qatar (1), United States (3: California, Mississippi)
• Permian of the Czech Republic (1)
Total: 259 collections including 311 occurrences