†family Stenasteridae Schuchert 1914 (brittle star)
Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1914. Fossilium Catalogus. 1: Animalia, pars 3, Stelleroidea palaeozoica. W. Junk, Berlin 1-53
Parent taxon: Ophiuroidea according to D. B. Blake et al. 2016
See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1927, Spencer 1951 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Ataxaster, Calclyra, Calclyridae, Calyptactis, Cheiropterasteridae, Encrinasteridae, Euryalida, Euzonosomatidae, Hallasteridae, Lumectaster, Muldaster, Myophiuridadup, Nodolanx, Oegophiurida, Oegophiuridea, Oegophiuroida, Ophiaulaxoides, Ophioma, Ophiopetagno, Ophiotrigonum, Ophiurella, Ophiurida, Ophiuridea, Phrynophiurida, Zygophiurae
Type: Stenaster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
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