Parent taxon: Brachyura according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Bellioidea, Brachyrhyncha, Bythograeoidea, Cancroidea, Componocancroidea, Cryptochiroidea, Cyclodorippoidea, Dairoidea, Dakoticancroidea, Dromiacea, Dromioidea, Eubrachyura, Gecarcinucoidea, Glaessneropsoidea, Goneplacoidea, Homolodromioidea, Homoloidea, Konidromitoidea, Leucosioidea, Marocarcinidae, Mcrocarcinidae, Ocypodoidea, Oxystomata, Palicoidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Pinnotheroidea, Pisidae, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Rioarribia, Trichodactyloidea
Subtaxa: Aulacopodia, Brome, Cardirhynchus, Daragrapsus, Daranyia, Eurycarpus, Gecarcinidae, Glyptodynomene, Glyptograpsidae, Grapsidae, Liocaris, Lupeites, Paradosilissopsa, Plagusiidae, Psammograpsus, Pseudodaranyia, Pseudomicippella, Roemerus, Sesarmidae, Tiche, Vanua, Varunidae, Wulaicarcinus, Xenograpsidae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore