Alternative spellings: Miophiurina, Myophiurida, Myophiuroida, Myophiuroidea
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: Ophiuroidea according to B. Thuy et al. 2021
See also Krainer and Mostler 1997, Lehmann 1957, Matsumoto 1915, Mostler and Krainer 1993, O'Hara et al. 2018 and Owen 1965
Sister taxa: Ataxaster, Calclyra, Calclyridae, Calyptactis, Cheiropterasteridae, Encrinasteridae, Euryalida, Euzonosomatidae, Hallasteridae, Lumectaster, Muldaster, Myophiuridadup, Nodolanx, Oegophiurida, Oegophiuridea, Oegophiuroida, Ophiaulaxoides, Ophioma, Ophiopetagno, Ophiotrigonum, Ophiurella, Ophiurida, Ophiuridea, Phrynophiurida, Stenasteridae, Zygophiurae
Subtaxa: Metophiurida Ophiuricae