Family Sesarmidae Dana 1851 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Sesarmidae
Alternative spelling: Sesarminae
Parent taxon: Grapsoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Karasawa 1993, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1909 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Daragrapsus, Daranyia, Gecarcinidae, Glyptograpsidae, Grapsidae, Percnidae, Plagusiidae, Pseudodaranyia, Varunidae, Xenograpsidae
Subtaxa: Halice Neosarmatium Sesarma
Type: Sesarma
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), United States (6: Florida, Maryland, Pennslyvania, South Carolina, Texas)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Italy (1), Japan (11), Mexico (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence