Full reference: A. E. Ortmann. 1893. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. VI Theil. Abtheilung: Brachyura (Brachyura genuina Boas), I. Unterabtheilung: Majoidea und Cancroidea, 1: Section Portuninea. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums 7:22-88
Parent taxon: Heterotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Ahyong et al. 2007, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aethroidea, Archaeochiapasidae, Bellioidea, Bythograeoidea, Calappoidea, Cancroidea, Cheiragonoidea, Componocancroidea, Corystoidea, Dairoidea, Dorippoidea, Eriphioidea, Gecarcinucoidea, Goneplacoidea, Hexapodoidea, Hymenosomatoidea, Leucosioidea, Leucosoidea, Maioidea, Majoidea, Marocarcinidae, Montezumelloidea, Orithyioidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Progeryonoidea, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Trichodactyloidea, Trichopeltarioidea, Xanthoidea
Subtaxa: Arabicarcinidae Carpiliidae Palaeoxanthopsidae Tumidocarcinidae Zanthopsidae
Type: Carpilius
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Jamaica (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Austria (1), Brazil (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Massachusetts)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Oligocene of India (1), Italy (3), New Zealand (2), Oman (1), Panama (1), United States (2: Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Bonaire (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Croatia (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (2), France (1), Germany (2), Haiti (2), Hungary (2), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (35), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Libya (2), Mexico (7), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), Nigeria (2), Pakistan (28), Saint Barthélemy (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (12), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (63: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (3), Austria (3), France (3), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), United States (8: Alabama, California, New Jersey, Texas)
• Paleogene of Belgium (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (5), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Germany (1), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (1), Puerto Rico (1), Qatar (1), United States (3: California, Mississippi)
• Permian of Czechia (1)
Total: 265 collections including 318 occurrences