Order Cryptozonia Sladen 1889 (sea star)
Full reference: W. P. Sladen. 1889. The Asteroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876, Zoology 30:1-935
Parent taxon: Asteroidea according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Sladen 1889
Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Neopalaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Phanerozoma, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Schuchertiidae, Silicaster, Spinulosacea, Trichotaster, Yarravaster
Subtaxa: Palaeosolasteracea Schuchertiacea Stenasteracea Urasterellacea
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore