- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Subphylum Crustacea
- Superclass Multicrustacea
- Class Malacostraca
- Subclass Eumalacostraca
- Superorder Eucarida
- Order Decapoda
- Suborder Pleocyemata
- Infraorder Caridea
- Superfamily Palaemonoidea
Child taxons:
| Genus Allopontonia |  |
| Genus Ancylocaris |  |
| Genus Ancylomenes |     |
| Genus Cuapetes |     |
| Genus Dasycaris |   |
| Genus Gnathophyllum |  |
| Genus Hamodactylus |  |
| Genus Hamopontonia |  |
| Genus Harpiliopsis |  |
| Genus Hymenocera |  |
| Genus Laomenes |    |
| Genus Leander |  |
| Genus Manipontonia |  |
| Genus Periclimenes |    |
| Genus Phyllognathia |  |
| Genus Pliopontonia |  |
| Genus Pontonides |  |
| Genus Pseudopontonides |  |
| Genus Rapipontonia |  |
| Genus Stegopontonia |  |
| Genus Tuleariocaris |  |
| Genus Urocaridella |   |
| Genus Vir |    |
| Genus Zenopontonia |   |