Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae
Parent taxon: Epialtidae according to F. A. Ferratges et al. 2023
See also Collins et al. 2003, Karasawa 1993, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Epialtinae, Periacanthinae, Pliosomatinae, Taliepus, Tychinae
Subtaxa: Chorilia Eoparanaxia Grolamaia Herbstia Hyastenus Lessiniamathia Libinia Loxorynchus Pisa Pisoides Planobranchia Rochinia Scyra Scyramathia Tylocarcinus
Type: Pisa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), United States (11: California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Virgin Islands, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Fiji (4), Jamaica (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Virginia)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Hungary (8), Japan (2), Malaysia (5), Malta (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Italy (3), Spain (6)
Total: 52 collections including 58 occurrences