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 D. B. Blake et al. 2016
See also Boczarowski 2001, Harper and Morris 1978, Haude and Thomas 1983, Hunter et al. 2007, Jell 1997, Jell and Theron 1999, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Webster et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Ataxaster, Calclyra, Calclyridae, Calyptactis, Cheiropterasteridae, Encrinasteridae, Euryalida, Euzonosomatidae, Hallasteridae, Lumectaster, Muldaster, Myophiuridadup, Nodolanx, Oegophiuridea, Oegophiuroida, Ophiaulaxoides, Ophioma, Ophiopetagno, Ophiotrigonum, Ophiurella, Ophiurida, Ophiuridea, Phrynophiurida, Stenasteridae, Zygophiurae
Subtaxa: Lysophiurina Zeugophiurina
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder