Family Ptilometridae Clark 1914 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Ptilometridae
Alternative spelling: Ptilometrinae
Parent taxon: Tropiometroidea according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
Sister taxa: Asterometridae, Calometridae, Charitometridae, Conometridae, Maorimetridae, Pseudoconometridae, Pterocomidae, Thalassometridae, Tropiometridae
Subtaxa: Ptilometra
Type: Ptilometra
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ptilometridae in the database