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, Nematocarcinoidea, Oplophoroidea, Pandaloidea, Parvocaris, Pasiphaeoidea, Physetocaridoidea, Pinnacaris, Pleopteryxoidea, Procaridoidea, Processoidea, Psalidopodoidea, Schernfeldia, Stylodactyloidea
Subtaxa: Anchistioididae Desmocarididae Gnathophyllidae Hymenoceridae Kakaducarididae Palaemonidae Palaemoninae Pontoniinae Typhlocarididae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)
• Miocene of Panama (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5)
• Cretaceous of Italy (3)
• Triassic of Germany (1)
Total: 11 collections including 15 occurrences