†family Hemicystitidae Bassler 1936
Parent taxon: Edrioasteroidea according to G. Regnéll 1966
Sister taxa: Aragocystites, Cambraster, Cyathocystidae, Edrioasterida, Edrioasteridae, Isorophida, Isorophinidae, Kailidiscus, Pyrgocystidae, Stromatocystites, Stromatocystitida, Stromatocystitidae
Subtaxa: Anglidiscus, Bassleridiscus, Carneyella, Cincinnatidiscus, Cystaster, Foerstediscus, Hemicystites, Lebetodiscus, Lepidoconia, Pyrgocystis, Streptaster, Timeischytes
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder