†family Asterocyathidae Vologdin 1956 (archaeocyath sponge)
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Parent taxon: Salairocyathoidea according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Kerner et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Crassicoscinidae, Rudanulidae, Salairocyathidae
Subtaxa: Antoniocoscinus Asterocyathus Erismacoscinus Ichnusocyathus Retecoscinus Rozanovicoscinus
Type: Asterocyathus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (6), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (3), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), France (1), Germany (4), Italy (8), Mongolia (2), Morocco (19), the Russian Federation (48), Spain (6), United States (1: California)
Total: 101 collections including 169 occurrences