Parent taxon: Heterotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017, Martin and Davis 2001, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Aethroidea, Archaeochiapasidae, Bellioidea, Bythograeoidea, Calappoidea, Cancroidea, Carpilioidea, Cheiragonoidea, Componocancroidea, Corystoidea, Dairoidea, Dorippoidea, Eriphioidea, Gecarcinucoidea, Goneplacoidea, Hexapodoidea, Hymenosomatoidea, Leucosioidea, Leucosoidea, Maioidea, Majoidea, Marocarcinidae, Montezumelloidea, Orithyioidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Progeryonoidea, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Trichodactyloidea, Trichopeltarioidea, Xanthoidea
Subtaxa: Mimilambrus Parthenopidae
Type: Parthenope
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (9: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virgin Islands)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), Panama (2), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Brunei Darussalam (1), the Dominican Republic (4), Fiji (1), Haiti (1), Hungary (8), Italy (1), Japan (13), Malaysia (8), Panama (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1), Italy (2), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), Italy (16), Mexico (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 96 collections including 125 occurrences