Family Litocheiridae Kinahan 1856 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litocheiridae
Parent taxon: Goneplacoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Acidopsidae, Carinocarcinoididae, Chasmocarcinidae, Conleyidae, Euryplacidae, Goneplacidae, Hexapodidae, Magyarcarcinidae, Martinocarcinidae, Mathildellidae, Progeryonidae, Scalopidiidae, Vultocinidae
Subtaxa: Gollincarcinus Lessinioplax Maingrapsus Paracorallicarcinus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
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