Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Parent taxon: Xanthidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Collins et al. 2003, Dana 1851, Karasawa 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Actaeinae, Antrocarcininae, Chlorodiellinae, Cymoinae, Etisinae, Euxanthinae, Garthiellinae, Glyptoxanthinae, Kraussiinae, Liomerinae, Polydectinae, Speocarcininae, Xanthopsis, Zalasiinae, Zosiminae
Subtaxa: Cycloxanthops Demania Garthiope Lachnopodus Leotodius Leptodius Liagore Macromedaeus Megamia Metopoxantho Micropanope Nanocassiope Palaeoxanthops Paraxanthias Paraxanthodes Paraxanthus Xanthias Xantho Xanthodius
Type: Xantho
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Jamaica (2), Mexico (3), Panama (1), the Philippines (1), Spain (2), United States (7: Califormia, California, Florida, Flrida, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Fiji (4), Jamaica (1), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Fiji (1), Hungary (12), India (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Malaysia (13), Malta (2), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Italy (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 65 collections including 78 occurrences