Superfamily Nematocarcinoidea Smith 1884 (shrimp)
Parent taxon: Caridea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acanthinopus, Alcmonacaris, Alpheoidea, Atyoidea, Blaculla, Bresilioidea, Buergerocaris, Campylonotoidea, Crangonoidea, Galatheacaridoidea, Gampsurus, Hefriga, Leiothorax, Oplophoroidea, Palaemonoidea, Pandaloidea, Parvocaris, Pasiphaeoidea, Physetocaridoidea, Pinnacaris, Pleopteryxoidea, Procaridoidea, Processoidea, Psalidopodoidea, Schernfeldia, Stylodactyloidea
Subtaxa: Eugonatonotidae Nematocarcinidae Rhynchocinetidae Xiphocarididae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nematocarcinoidea in the database