Superfamily Ophiactoidea Matsumoto 1915 (brittle star)
Alternative spelling: Ophiactidea
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: Gnathophiurina according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also O'Hara et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Amphiuroidea
Subtaxa: Ophiactidae Ophiopholidae Ophiothamnidae Ophiotrichidae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Denmark (1), France (5), Germany (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 17 collections including 24 occurrences