Family Gecarcinidae MacLeay 1838 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Gecarcinidae
Parent taxon: Grapsoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Feldmann et al. 2007, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Daragrapsus, Daranyia, Glyptograpsidae, Grapsidae, Percnidae, Plagusiidae, Pseudodaranyia, Sesarmidae, Varunidae, Xenograpsidae
Subtaxa: Cardisoma Gecarcinus Johngarthia
Type: Gecarcinus
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (2 collections), Brazil (1), Cuba (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences