The diagnosis follows Dingle (1984). The genus Robsoniella was originally placed in the family Healdiidae Harlton, 1933 by Kuznetsova (1956). After review by Gramm & Kuznetsova (1970), it was separated into its own family, Robsoniellidae Gramm & Kuznetsova, 1970. Dingle (1984) first noted its affiliation to the superfamily Bairdioidea Sars, 1888, despite classifying it as a Bairdiidae Sars, 1888. However, it shares several morphological characters with the Bythocyprididae Maddocks, 1969, as already pointed out by Babinot et al. (2009), although this study gave no further explanation. Bythocyprididae was originally proposed by Maddocks (1969) as a subfamily of Bairdiidae Sars, 1888, namely Bythocypridinae Maddocks, 1969. Its status was reviewed by Kozur (1972), who elevated it to the family level. Specimens in Oertli (1974) and Damotte (1992) present a very similar general layout in lateral view, although not enough to consider them as being Robsoniella falklandensis.
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