†order Goniactinida Spencer 1951
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1951. Early Palaeozoic starfish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B 235(B623):87-129
Parent taxon: Somasteroidea according to D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg 1993
See also Blake 1989, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Archegonaster, Archegonasteridae, Catervaparmaster, Chinianasteridae
Subtaxa: Archophiactinidae
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Goniactinida in the database