†order Phanerozoma (sea star)
Parent taxon: Asteroidea according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915
Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Neopalaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Schuchertiidae, Silicaster, Spinulosacea, Trichotaster, Yarravaster
Subtaxa: Atheneidae Pentacerotidae Pentagonasteridae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phanerozoma in the database