Superorder Surculifera Gale 1987 (sea star)
Full reference: A. S. Gale. 1987. Phylogeny and classification of the Asteroidea. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 89:107-132
Parent taxon: Neoasteroidea according to A. S. Gale 2011
See also Gale 1987
Sister taxa: Forcipulatacea, Henricia venturana, Migmasteridae, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) hastingiae, Valvatacea
Subtaxa: Spinulosida Tripedicellaria
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore