Clade Brisingida Fisher 1928 (sea star)
Alternative spelling: Brisingina
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 A. S. Gale 2011
See also Blake 1989, Fisher 1928, Mah and Blake 2012 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Asteriadina, Asteriidae, Heliasteridae, Labidiasteridae, Neomorphasteridae, Pedicellasteridae, Psammaster, Stichasteridae, Zoroasteridae
Subtaxa: Brisingasteridae Brisingidae Freyellidae Hymenodiscidae Odinellidae
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Tokai, Chita Peninsula (Miocene of Japan)