†class Homostelea
Parent taxon: Echinodermata according to J. J. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arkarua, Asterozoa, Blastoidea, Blastozoa, Camptostromoidea, Coronata, Crinoidea, Ctenocystoidea, Ctenoimbricata, Cyclocystoidea, Cystoidea, Diploporita, Discoidea, Echinoconus, Echinozoa, Edrioasteroidea, Eleutherozoa, Graciacystis, Helicoplacoidea, Holothuroidea, Homoiostelea, Iheringiana, Macrocystellidae, Parablastoidea, Paracrinoidea, Pediculacaudinidae, Pelmatozoa, Peripneustes, Rhombifera, Scoteinocystis, Scutellidae, Scutellinidae, Semperitidae, Stylophora, Tubocaudinidae
Subtaxa: Cincta
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder