Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae
Parent taxon: Hexapodoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Feldmann et al. 1995, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2000, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Bellhexapus Eohexapus Eurohexapus Goniocypoda Headonipus Hexapinus Hexaplax Hexapodinae Hexapus Holthuisea Lambdophallus Latohexapus Mariaplax Paeduma Palaeopinnixa Parahexapus Pseudohexapus Spiroplax Stevea Thaumastoplax Tritoplax
Type: Hexapus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Philippines (1 collection)
• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (3), Colombia (1), Japan (3), Malaysia (2), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of Barbados (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Italy (8), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Greenland (1), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 39 collections including 44 occurrences