Family Macrophthalmidae Dana 1851 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrophthalmidae
Parent taxon: Ocypodoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Collins et al. 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Camptandriidae, Dotillidae, Heloeciidae, Hypoconcha, Mictyridae, Ocypodidae, Porcellanidea, Ucididae, Xenophthalmidae
Subtaxa: Ilyograpsinae Macrophthalminae Macropthalmus Tritodynamiinae
Type: Macrophthalmus
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brunei Darussalam (1 collection), Guam (1), Japan (4), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (2)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Hungary (2), Italy (1), Japan (14)
Total: 27 collections including 31 occurrences