Suborder Comatulidina Clark 1908 (Feather star)
Parent taxon: Comatulida according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Ciampaglio et al. 2007, Donovan 1994, Donovan et al. 1993, Hagdorn and Campbell 1993 and Hess 2012
Sister taxa: Bourgueticrinina, Comatulidae, Guillecrinina, Hebeticrinus, Solanocrinus
Subtaxa: Antedonoidea Atelecrinoidea Atopocrinidae Comatulidia Jaekelometridae Mariametroidea Microcrinus Notocrinoidea Paracomatulacea Paracomatuloidea Procomaster Solanocrinitoidea Tropiometroidea Uintacrinoidea
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder