Infraorder Anomura Milne-Edwards 1832 (decapod)
Parent taxon: Meiura according to J. M. Wolfe et al. 2019
See also Bishop 1985, Feldmann et al. 1995, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Hegna et al. 2020, Luque et al. 2017, MacLeay 1838, Martin and Davis 2001, Nyborg and Vega 2008, Pasini et al. 2020, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2005, Schwentner et al. 2018, Vega et al. 2001 and Vega et al. 2006
Sister taxon: Brachyura
Subtaxa: Aegloidea Cheramus Chirostyloidea Eocarcinoidea Galatheoidea Gastrodoroidea Hippidea Hippoidea Kiwaoidea Lithodoidea Lomisoidea Paguridea Paguroidea Retrorsichelidae Venipaguroidea
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore