Family Solasteridae Viguier 1878 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Solasteridae
Full reference: C. Viguier. 1878. Classification des Stellérides. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 84:681-683
Parent taxon: Velatida according to D. B. Blake 1989
See also Gale 1987, Gale 2011, Mah and Blake 2012, Perrier 1894 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Caymanostellidae, Decacuminaster, Korethrasteridae, Myxasteridae, Plesiastropecten, Pterasteridae, Tropidasteridae, Xandarosaster
Type: Solaster
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Solasteridae in the database