Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Synonyms: Macropipidae Stephenson and Campbell 1960, Macropipinae Stephenson and Campbell 1960
Parent taxon: Carcinidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Feldmann et al. 1998, Feldmann et al. 2018, Karasawa 1990, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa et al. 2008, Kato and Karasawa 1994, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2000, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2012 and Schweitzer et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Carcininae, Pirimelinae, Thiinae, Platyonychus
Subtaxa: Archaeogeryon Bathynectes Benthochascon Bericocarcinus Boschettia Brusinia Coeloma Coenophthalmus Echinolatus Faksecarcinus Falsiportunites Leiocarcinus Liocarcinus Lovaroides Macropipus Maeandricampus Megokkos Minohellenus Necora Nectocarcinus Olicarcinus Ophthalmoplax Parathranites Polybius Pororaria Portufuria Portunites Raymannius
Type: Polybius
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (3)
• Neogene of Poland (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (7), Brunei Darussalam (2), Chile (8), Hungary (5), Italy (1), Japan (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Japan (6), New Zealand (1), United States (20: Alaska, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Colombia), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Italy (9), Japan (1), New Zealand (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (12: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), France (1)
• Cretaceous of Colombia (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), United States (9: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 126 collections including 136 occurrences