Parent taxon: Thoracotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Collins and Morris 1975, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann et al. 1995, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cryptochiroidea, Grapsoidea, Oxypodoidea, Palicoidea, Pinnotheroidea
Subtaxa: Camptandriidae Dotillidae Heloeciidae Hypoconcha Macrophthalmidae Mictyridae Ocypodidae Porcellanidea Ucididae Xenophthalmidae
Type: Ocypode
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brunei Darussalam (1 collection), Guam (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (4), Malaysia (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (2), Panama (2), United States (14: Delaware, Florida, Flrida, Massachusets, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Honduras (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Japan (1), Spain (2), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Brunei Darussalam (1), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Japan (14), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 57 collections including 66 occurrences