[1][3][2] Most luolishaniids also have posterior lobopods each with a hooked claws, and thorn-shaped sclerites arranged as three or more per trunk segment.

[4][1][2] The type genus is based on Luolishania longicruris Hou and Chen, 1989, from the Chengjiang Lagerstatte, South China.

[5] They are presumed to have been benthic suspension or filter feeders.

[4][1][3][2] New specimens of the previously enigmatic Facivermis show that it was a sessile tube-dweller, and part of this group.

[3] A 2023 analysis concluded, on the basis of numerous morphological similarities, that luolishaniids might be the closest known relatives of tardigrades.