Parent taxon: Heterotremata according to J. Luque et al. 2017
See also Ahyong et al. 2007, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aethroidea, Archaeochiapasidae, Bellioidea, Bythograeoidea, Calappoidea, Cancroidea, Carpilioidea, Cheiragonoidea, Componocancroidea, Corystoidea, Dairoidea, Dorippoidea, Gecarcinucoidea, Goneplacoidea, Hexapodoidea, Hymenosomatoidea, Leucosioidea, Leucosoidea, Maioidea, Majoidea, Marocarcinidae, Montezumelloidea, Orithyioidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Progeryonoidea, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Trichodactyloidea, Trichopeltarioidea, Xanthoidea
Subtaxa: Eriphiidae Hypothalassiidae Menippidae Oziidae Platyxanthidae
Type: Eriphia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), France (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (4), Panama (2), Peru (1), Spain (1), United States (3: Florida, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Fiji (2), Italy (8), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Fiji (2), Japan (2), Malta (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), United States (5: Florida)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Eocene of Italy (3), United States (8: Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 56 collections including 61 occurrences