Family Myxasteridae Perrier 1891 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Myxasteridae
Full reference: E. Perrier. 1891. Echinodermes. 1 - Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. 6 - Zoologie 3:1-198
Parent taxon: Velatida according to D. B. Blake 1989
See also Mah and Blake 2012 and Perrier 1893
Sister taxa: Caymanostellidae, Decacuminaster, Korethrasteridae, Plesiastropecten, Pterasteridae, Solasteridae, Tropidasteridae, Xandarosaster
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Myxasteridae in the database