Suborder Asteriadina Fisher 1928 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Forcipulatida

Full reference: W. K. Fisher. 1928. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 3. Forcipulata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76:1-245

Parent taxon: Forcipulatida according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Fisher 1928 and Hess 1972

Sister taxa: Asteriidae, Brisingida, Heliasteridae, Labidiasteridae, Neomorphasteridae, Pedicellasteridae, Psammaster, Stichasteridae, Zoroasteridae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asteriadina in the database

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