Parent taxon: Caridea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acanthinopus, Alcmonacaris, Alpheoidea, Atyoidea, Bavaricaris, Blaculla, Bresilioidea, Buergerocaris, Campylonotoidea, Crangonoidea, Ctenodusa, Galatheacaridoidea, Gampsurus, Leiothorax, Oplophoroidea, Palaemonoidea, Pandaloidea, Parvocaris, Pasiphaeidae, Pasiphaeoidea, Physetocarididae, Physetocaridoidea, Pinnacaris, Pleopteryxoidea, Procaridoidea, Processidae, Processoidea, Psalidopodidae, Psalidopodoidea, Schernfeldia, Solteria, Stylodactyloidea, Venzia
Subtaxa: Eugonatonotidae Nematocarcinidae Rhynchocinetidae Xiphocarididae
Type: Nematocarcinus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nematocarcinoidea in the database