Parent taxon: Euarthropoda according to D. E. G. Briggs et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Actaeus, Agonata, Almenia, Aptera, Arachnoidea, Armadillidium molassicum, Armadillidium payangadensis, Blattina splendens, Bradoriida, Branchiata, Bundenbachiellus, Burgessia, Clypecaris, Crustacea, Dalmaniopsis, Devonopilio, Devonopilio hutchinsoni, Dicerocaris, Dinopilio parvus, Dongshanocaris, Douglasocaris, Emeiella, Ercaia, Esmeraldacaris, Euthycarcinoidea, Forfexicaris, Gaoqiaioella, Geracus, Geracus tubifer, Gigantopleurida, Goticaris, Guangweicarididae, Habelia, Hanburia, Henningsmoenicaris, Huangshandongia, Jianfengia, Jiucunella, Kablikia, Kampecaris obanensis, Keurbos, Kleptothule, Kounicia, Liantuoia, Longquania, Marrelomorpha, Meristosoma, Merostomoidea, Monoculus, Motina, Myriapoda, Naptile, Notchia, Occacaris, Odaraiida, Orstenocarida, Palaeophonus arctus, Panlongia, Paratrilobita, Parvancorinomorpha, Parvibellus, Pauloterminus, Pedestria, Pisinnocaris, Platicytes, Plenocaris, Pleurolycosa, Pleurolycosa prolifera, Poliochera pustulatus, Priscansermarinus, Proricaris, Protocaris, Pseudoiulia, Pycnogonida, Pygmaclypeatus, Rhynimonstrum, Schizodiscus, Scorpionida, Serracaris, Shankouia, Skaracarida, Sunellidae, Synistata, Tanglangia, Tuzoida, Unogata, Utahcaris, Zagoracaris, Marrellomorpha, Youti, Megadictyon, Artiopoda, Parioscorpio, Radiodonta, Deuteropoda, Arachnomorpha, Hadranax, Siberion, Proschizoramia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence