Family Caymanostellidae Belyaev 1974 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Caymanostellidae
Full reference: G. M. Belyaev. 1974. A new family of abyssal starfish. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 53(10):1502-1508
Parent taxon: Velatida according to D. B. Blake 1989
See also Belyaev 1974 and Mah and Blake 2012
Sister taxa: Decacuminaster, Korethrasteridae, Myxasteridae, Plesiastropecten, Pterasteridae, Solasteridae, Tropidasteridae, Xandarosaster
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caymanostellidae in the database