Superfamily Palicoidea Bouvier 1898 (crab)
Parent taxon: Thoracotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cryptochiroidea, Grapsoidea, Ocypodoidea, Oxypodoidea, Pinnotheroidea
Subtaxa: Crossotonotidae Oakucudae Palicidae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
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