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