Family Luidiidae Sladen 1889 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Luidiidae
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: Paxillosida according to D. B. Blake 1989
See also Blake 1987, Gale 1987, Gale 2011, Mah and Blake 2012 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Astropectinidae, Benthopectinidae, Cribellina, Ctenodiscidae, Diplozonina, Notomyotina, Pseudarchasteridae
Subtaxa: Luidia
Type: Luidia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (3: California, Florida)
• Miocene of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences