Alternative spelling: Schushertiidae
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: Asteroidea according to D. B. Blake et al. 2016
See also Blake 1989, Branstrator 1972, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Neopalaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Phanerozoma, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Silicaster, Spinulosacea, Trichotaster, Yarravaster
Subtaxa: none
Type: Schuchertia
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Schuchertiidae in the database