Subfamily Asteriinae Gray 1840 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma Asterias (Linn.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6:275-290
Parent taxon: Asteriidae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Cretasterias, Dermasterinae, Germanasterias, Hystrixasterias, Pegaster, Polarasterias, Savignasterias, Sclerasterias
Subtaxa: Asterias
Type: Asterias
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Maryland, Massachusetts collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic of Belgium (1), France (1)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences