Family Asteroschematidae Verrill 1899 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Phrynophiurida - Asteroschematidae

Full reference: A. E. Verrill. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahamas Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin of the University of Iowa 5:1-86

Parent taxon: Euryalina according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Smith et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Eospondylidae, Onychasteridae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asteroschematidae in the database

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