Alternative spelling: Dendrocrinoidea
Synonym: Poteriocrinida Jaekel 1918
Full reference: F. A. Bather. 1899. A phylogenetic classification of the Pelmatozoa. British Association for the Advancement of Science 916-923
Parent taxon: Cyathoformes according to D. F. Wright et al. 2017
See also Ausich 1998, Ausich and Copper 2010, Ausich et al. 2007, Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cole et al. 2017, Villanueva-Olea and Sour-Tovar 2015, Webster and Lane 2007, Webster et al. 2009, Webster and Webster 2012 and Wright et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Barycrinus, Botryocrinus, Cyathocrinida, Erisocrinoidea, Lophocrinoidea, Poteriocrinina, Scytalocrinoidea, Texacrinoidea
Subtaxa: Aesiocrinidae Agassizocrinoidea Apographiocrinoidea Bridgerocrinidae Cromyocrinoidea Dendrocrinacea Glossocrinacea Graphiocrinoidea Kraterocrinidae Mastigocrinacea Mastigocrinoidea Merocrinacea Mollocrinoidea Pentaxocrinus Pirasocrinacea Pirasocrinoidea Plicodendrocrinacea Timorocidaroidea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder