Superorder Spinulosacea Blake 1987 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Spinulosacea

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1987. A classification and phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Jounral of Natural History 21:481-528

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

See also Blake 1987

Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Neopalaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Phanerozoma, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Schuchertiidae, Silicaster, Trichotaster, Yarravaster

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spinulosacea in the database

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