Parent taxon: Heterotremata according to J. Luque et al. 2017
See also De Angeli and Ceccon 2017, Martin 1904, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Vega et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Aethroidea, Archaeochiapasidae, Bellioidea, Bythograeoidea, Calappoidea, Carpilioidea, 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: Atelecyclidae Cancerides Cancridae Eriphidae Telphusidae
Type: Cancer
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), Chile (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Mexico (9), Morocco (1), New Zealand (3), Spain (2), United States (79: California, Florida, Flrida, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (3), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (3), Mexico (2), United States (23: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: California, Virginia)
• Miocene of Argentina (4), Brazil (3), Denmark (2), French Southern Territories (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (24), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), United States (24: Alaska, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington)
• Neogene of Belgium (1), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1), United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), Egypt (5), Hungary (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), Mexico (1), Pakistan (3), Panama (1), Spain (1), United States (7: California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington)
Total: 237 collections including 356 occurrences