Parent taxon: Crinoidea according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Ausich 1998
Sister taxa: Acariaeocrinus, Angulata, Asperocrinidae, Aspidocrinus, Balearocrinus, Baryschyr, Bystrowicrinus, Camerata, Carpenterocrinus, Communicrinus, Conspectocrinus, Cyclocaudex, Cyclocharacidae, Cyclocrista, Cyclocyclicus, Cyclomischidae, Cycloscapus, Dazhucrinus, Dentiferocrinidae, Dentiferocrinus, Dicyclica, Dronovicrinus, Dulanocrinus, Dwortsowaecrinus, Echmatocrinida, Ellipsoellipticus, Entrochus, Entrochus rotiformis, Exaesiodiscidae, Flexicrinus, Floricrinus, Floricyclidae, Floripila, Flucticharacidae, Flucticharax, Forbesiocrinus siculus, Gasterometra, Gemmacrinus, Glyphidocrinus, Hemistreptocrinoidea, Heterostelechus, Kojvicrinus, Kstutocrinidae, Lamprosterigma, Leptocarphiidae, Lichenocrinus, Malovicrinus, Mastocrinus, Mooreanteris, Moscovicrinus, Multifidocrinus, Nollenbachblastus, Ordinacrinus, Pandocrinus, Pentacrinoidea, Pentagonocyclicus, Pentagonopterix, Pentaridica, Phialocrinus, Picteticrinus, Pinegicrinus, Preptopremnum, Protocrinoida, Protocrinoidea, Salairocrinidae, Salairocrinus, Schyschcatocrinidae, Stenocrinidae, Stukaliniidae, Tantalocrinidae, Taranshicrinidae, Tatjanicrinus, Tetragonocyclicus, Tetralobocrinus, Torrocrinus, Waikaripites, Webericrinus, Zeravschanocrinus
Subtaxa: Aethocrinida
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aethocrinea in the database