Alternative spelling: Ophiodermatidea
Full reference: A. V. Ljungman. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerata. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskapsakademiens Forhandlingar Stockholm 1866(9):303-336
Parent taxon: Ophiodermatina according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also O'Hara et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ophiocomoidea, Shoshonura
Subtaxa: Ophiodermatidae Ophiomyxidae Ophiopezidae
Type: Ophioderma
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), Czechia (7), Denmark (1), France (6), Germany (3), the Netherlands (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of France (6), Germany (8), Italy (1), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (8)
• Triassic of Australia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (1), Poland (1), Serbia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 64 collections including 82 occurrences