Infraorder Ophiodermatina Smith et al. 1995 (brittle star)
Full reference: A. B. Smith, G.L.J. Paterson, and B. Lafay. 1995. Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 114:213-243
Parent taxon: Ophiacanthina according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, O'Hara et al. 2017, Smith et al. 1995 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: Clarkcomidae, Ophiacanthidae, Ophiobyrsidae, Ophiocamacidae, Ophiopteridae, Ophiotomidae
Subtaxa: Ophiocomoidea Ophiodermatoidea Shoshonura
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder