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

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