Family Axiidae Huxley 1879 (decapod)
PaleoDB taxon number: 100714
Parent taxon: Callianassoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Callianassidae, Callianideidae, Calocarididae, Ctenochelidae, Gourretiidae, Micheleidae, Strahlaxiidae, Thomassiniidae
Subtaxa: Aperiopyxis, Axiopsis, Axius, Dorphinaxius, Etallonia, Huxleycaris, Magila, Megachela, Palaeoaxius, Paraxiopsis, Protaxius, Schlueteria, Schluteria
Ecology: carnivore