Clade Velatida Perrier 1893 (sea star)
Full reference: E. Perrier. 1893. Traité de Zoologie. Librairie S. Savy, Paris 1(2):1-864
Parent taxon: Chevronida according to A.S. Gale 2018
See also Blake 1989, Blake 2018, Gale 2011, Hess 1972, Mah and Blake 2012 and Perrier 1893
Sister taxon: Tremasteridae
Subtaxa: Caymanostellidae Decacuminaster Korethrasteridae Myxasteridae Plesiastropecten Pterasteridae Solasteridae Tropidasteridae Xandarosaster
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore