Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
Synonyms: Ctenocheloidae Sakai 2011, Tosacallianassidae Sakai 2016
Full reference: R. B. Manning and D. L. Felder. 1991. Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104:764-792
Parent taxon: Axiidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Feldmann et al. 1995, Hyzny and Dulai 2013, Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Martin and Davis 2001, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer-Hopkins and Feldmann 1997 and Todd and Collins 2005
Sister taxa: Anacalliacidae, Axiidae, Axioidea, Callianassidae, Callianassoidea, Callianideidae, Callianopsidae, Callichiridae, Eucalliacidae, Mesostylus, Micheleidae, Paracalliacidae, Psammionassa, Strahlaxiidae
Subtaxa: Ahazianassa Anacalliinae Callianopsinae Cretagourretia Ctenocheles Ctenochelinae Dawsoniinae Dawsonius Gourretia Gourretiinae Ischnodactylus texanus Pseudogourretiinae
Type: Ctenocheles
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (2 collections)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), Japan (4)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Denmark (1), Italy (8), Spain (2), United States (8: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Chile (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Canada (1: British Columbia), Germany (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1), United States (11: Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence