Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Synonym: Caphyrinae Paulson 1875
Parent taxon: Portunidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Collins et al. 2003, Karasawa et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeoportunus, Arenaeinae, Carcinides, Carupinae, Enoplonotus, Lupinae, Lupocyclinae, Necronectinae, Neptunus, Podophthalminae, Portuninae, Psammocarcininae
Subtaxa: Caphyra Charybdis Cronius Eocharybdis Gonioinfradens Lessinithalamita Lissocarcinus Mioxaiva Thalamita Thalamitoides
Type: Thalamita
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brunei Darussalam (2 collections), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Virgin Islands)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2), Japan (2)
• Miocene of Hungary (7), Japan (1)
• Eocene of Italy (5)
Total: 23 collections including 30 occurrences