†family Cyathocystidae Bather 1899
Parent taxon: Edrioasteroidea according to G. Regnéll 1966
Sister taxa: Aragocystites, Cambraster, Edrioasterida, Edrioasteridae, Hemicystitidae, Isorophida, Isorophinidae, Kailidiscus, Pyrgocystidae, Stromatocystites, Stromatocystitida, Stromatocystitidae
Subtaxa: Cyathocystis, Cyathotheca
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder