Subfamily Ophioleucinae Matsumoto 1915 (brittle star)
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
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: Ophiuridae according to B. Thuy 2011
See also Smith et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Felderophiura, Huangzhishania, Ophiocrossota, Ophiocten, Ophiura, Ophiurinae, Ophiurites
Subtaxa: Eirenura
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at motorway N43, SW Sedan, French Ardennes (Jurassic of France)