†family Monasteridae Schuchert 1915 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Kermasida - Monasteridae
Full reference: C. Schuchert. 1915. Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88:1-311
Parent taxon: Kermasida according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Blake and Elliott 2003, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1927 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Clarkeasteridae, Illusioluididae, Permasteridae
Subtaxa: Monaster
Type: Palaeaster (Monaster)
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: