Alternative spelling: Chilophiurida
Full reference: H. Matsumoto. 1915. A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:43-92
Parent taxon: Ophiurida according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Berry 1941, Calzada and Gutiérrez 1988, Chen et al. 2004, Haude and Thomas 1983, Hess 1972, Hess 1985, Hess 1991, Jell 1997 and Matsumoto 1915
Sister taxa: Acroura, Chilophiurina, Dolicharthra, Gnathophiurina, Laemophiurina, Ophioderma asteriformis, Ophioderma bonnardi, Ophiolepidina, Ophiolepis damesi, Ophiolepis estarensis, Ophiomusina, Ophiomyxina, Ophiuricoma, Ophiurina, Ophiurites rhaeticus, Plathyarthra
Subtaxa: Aganasteridae Dermocomidae Ophiurinidae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of China (1), Spain (1)
• Permian of China (3)
• Carboniferous of Poland (1), United States (6: Indiana)
• Devonian of Argentina (1), Germany (7)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences