Family Asterometridae Gislen 1924 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Asterometridae
Parent taxon: Tropiometroidea according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
Sister taxa: Calometridae, Charitometridae, Conometridae, Maorimetridae, Pseudoconometridae, Pterocomidae, Ptilometridae, Thalassometridae, Tropiometridae
Subtaxa: Asterometra Pterometra Sinometra
Type: Asterometra
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asterometridae in the database