Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Brachyura according to R. H. B. Fraaye and J. S. H. Collins 1987

Sister taxa: Bellioidea, Brachyrhyncha, Bythograeoidea, Cancroidea, Componocancroidea, Cryptochiroidea, Cyclodorippoidea, Dairoidea, Dakoticancroidea, Dromiacea, Dromioidea, Eubrachyura, Gecarcinucoidea, Glaessneropsoidea, Goneplacoidea, Grapsoidea, Homolodromioidea, Homoloidea, Konidromitoidea, Leucosioidea, Marocarcinidae, Mcrocarcinidae, Ocypodoidea, Palicoidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Pinnotheroidea, Pisidae, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Rioarribia, Trichodactyloidea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore