Superorder Forcipulatacea Blake 1987 (sea star)
Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1987. A classification and phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Jounral of Natural History 21:481-528
Parent taxon: Neoasteroidea according to L. Villier et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Migmasteridae, Surculifera, Valvatacea, Valvatida
Subtaxa: Terminaster, Trichasteropsida
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore