Gebiidea and Axiidea are divergent infraoders of the former infraorder Thalassinidea.

[1] Based on molecular evidence as of 2009, it is now widely believed that these two infraorders represent two distinct lineages separate from one another.

[2] The infraorder Gebiidea belongs to the clade Reptantia, which consists of the walking/crawling decapods (lobsters and crabs).

The cladogram below shows Gebiidea's placement within the larger order Decapoda, from analysis by Wolfe et al., 2019.

Gebiidea comprises the following families:[4] However, Axianassidae is sometimes considered to be a junior synonym of Laomediidae.