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 W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Boczarowski 2001, Haude and Thomas 1983, Matsumoto 1915 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Stenasteridae, Zygophiurae
Subtaxa: Euryalina Trichasteridae
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
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