Parent taxon: Heterotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Ahyong et al. 2007, Karasawa 1993, Larghi 2004, Luque 2015 and Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aethroidea, Archaeochiapasidae, Bellioidea, Bythograeoidea, Calappoidea, Cancroidea, Carpilioidea, Cheiragonoidea, Componocancroidea, Corystoidea, Dairoidea, Eriphioidea, Gecarcinucoidea, Goneplacoidea, Hexapodoidea, Hymenosomatoidea, Leucosioidea, Leucosoidea, Maioidea, Majoidea, Marocarcinidae, Montezumelloidea, Orithyioidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Progeryonoidea, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Trichodactyloidea, Trichopeltarioidea, Xanthoidea
Subtaxa: Dorippidae Ethusidae Goniochelidae Telamonocarcinidae
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (3), Hungary (5), Italy (2), Malaysia (6), Panama (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (2)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Paleogene of Belgium (1), Hungary (1)
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), Egypt (1), Japan (1), Lebanon (2), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1)
Total: 40 collections including 42 occurrences