Family Carcinoplacidae Simpson 1858 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinoplacidae
Parent taxon: Decapoda according to M. Y. Hassan 1953
Sister taxa: Aegla, Anaglyptus, Angustidontidae, Archithelphusa, Aulacopodia, Brachyuri, Brome, Calapa, Carcinocarcinus, Charassocarcinus, Chiiengphoherus, Corellicarcinus, Cyclodorippoida, Dalletastacus, Dendrobranchiata, Gebia, Glabropilumus, Hecia, Heterochelida, Homelys, Imocaris, Ischnodactylus dentatus, Leucosidae, Lupeites, Mascarananda, Meyerella, Mitrax, Natantia, Nephropsidae, Oedisoma, Palaeopalaemonida, Palaxius, Parafavreina, Pleocyemata, Psammograpsus, Tetrachelus, Tiche, Trichopaltarion, Wulaicarcinus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcinoplacidae in the database