Suborder Aphroditiformia Levinsen 1883 (scale worm)
Parent taxon: Phyllodocida according to L. A. Parry et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Acoetidae, Alciopidae, Aphroditidae, Chrysopetalidae, Eulepethidae, Glyceridae, Goniadidae, Hesionidae, Ichthyotomidae, Iospilidae, Lacydoniidae, Lopadorrhynchidae, Nautiliniellidae, Nephtyidae, Nereididae, Paralacydoniidae, Pholoidae, Phyllodocidae, Pilargidae, Pisionidae, Polynoidae, Pontodoridae, Sigalionidae, Sphaerodoridae, Syllidae, Tomopteridae, Typhloscolecidae
Subtaxa: Machaeridia
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore