Subfamily Comasterinae Clark 1908 (crinoid)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae
Parent taxon: Comasteridae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Eagle 2009
Sister taxa: Comatellinae, Comatulinae, Sievertsella, Rowemissia, Capillasterinae, Comatulides, Phanogeniinae, Comatilia
Subtaxa: Oxycomanthus
Type: Comaster
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Comasterinae in the database