Asteroidea - Valvatida - Chaetasteridae
Full reference: W. P. Sladen. 1889. The Asteroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876, Zoology 30:1-935
Parent taxon: Valvatida according to D. B. Blake 1989
See also Blake 1987, Gale 2020, Mah and Blake 2012 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Acanthasteridae, Archasteridae, Asteriaceros, Asterinidae, Asterodiscididae, Asteropseidae, Ganeriidae, Geinitzaster, Goniasteridae, Goniasteroidea, Granulosina, Leptaster, Mithrodiidae, Odontasteridae, Ophidiasteridae, Oreasteridae, Poraniidae, Pycinasteridae, Sphaerasteridae, Stauranderasteridae, Tumulosina
Subtaxa: Arthraster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (8)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence