†family Archophiactinidae Spencer 1927
Somasteroidea - Goniactinida - Archophiactinidae
Alternative spelling: Archophiathinidae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1927. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1925(7):325-388
Parent taxon: Goniactinida according to D. B. Blake 1989
See also Owen 1965, Spencer 1927 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Type: Archophiactis
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Archophiactinidae in the database