Clade Thoracotremata Guinot 1977 (crab)
Parent taxon: Eubrachyura according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Ahyong et al. 2007, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann et al. 1995, Feldmann et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer and Karasawa 2004, Vega et al. 1995 and Wolfe et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Heterotremata
Subtaxa: Cryptochiroidea Grapsoidea Ocypodoidea Oxypodoidea Palicoidea Pinnotheroidea
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore