Asteroidea - Forcipulatida

Full reference: C. Viguier. 1878. Classification des Stellérides. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 84:681-683

Parent taxon: Forcipulatida according to D. B. Blake 1989

Sister taxa: Asteriadina, Asteriidae, Brisingida, Labidiasteridae, Neomorphasteridae, Pedicellasteridae, Protothyraster, Terminasteridae, Zoroasteridae

Subtaxa: Heliaster

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore