†subphylum Pelmatozoa Leuckart 1848
Parent taxon: Echinodermata according to B. R. Pratt 1989
Sister taxa: Argonevis, Aspidocrinites, Blastozoa, Camptostromoidea, Carpoidea, Cincta, Corneotuba, Cornuvacites, Crinozoa, Ctenocystoidea, Ctenoimbricata, Cyclocystoidea, Echinosphaera, Edrioasteroidea, Eleutherozoa, Erinea, Fanerocoelia, Helicocystitidae, Helicoplacoidea, Homalozoa, Iheringiana, Limolepis, Nemotapis, Paracrinozoa, Pediculacaudinidae, Radimonis, Scoteinocystis, Scutellidae, Scutellinidae, Stylophora, Tubocaudinidae, Venerella
Subtaxa: Cystoidea