Subfamily Xanthinae MacLeay 1838 (stone crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Parent taxon: Xanthidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Actaeinae, Bernuffius, Chlorodiella, Chlorodiellinae, Cyclocorystes, Cymoinae, Etisinae, Euxanthinae, Haydnella, Kraussiinae, Liomerinae, Nogarolia, Polydectinae, Sculptoplax, Speocarcininae, Xandaros, Xantho, Xanthopsis, Zalasiinae, Zosiminae
Subtaxa: Cycloxanthops, Demania, Garthiope, Lachnopodus, Leotodius, Leptodius, Liagore, Macromedaeus, Megamia, Metopoxantho, Micropanope, Nanocassiope, Palaeoxanthops, Paraxanthias, Xanthias, Xanthodius
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore