Family Charitometridae Clark 1909 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Charitometridae
Parent taxon: Tropiometroidea according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
Sister taxa: Asterometridae, Calometridae, Conometridae, Maorimetridae, Pseudoconometridae, Pterocomidae, Ptilometridae, Thalassometridae, Tropiometridae
Subtaxa: Charitometra Chlorometra Chondrometra Crinometra Glyptometra Monachometra Poecilometra Strotometra
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Charitometridae in the database