Synonym: Valvata Perrier 1884 [replaced name]
Full reference: E. Perrier. 1884. Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueillies dans la mer des Antilles et le Golf du Mexique. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 6(2):127-276
Parent taxon: Neoasteroidea according to G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008
Sister taxa: Forcipulatacea, Migmasteridae, Surculifera, Valvatacea
Subtaxa: Acanthasteridae, Archasteridae, Arthraster, Asteriaceros, Asterinidae, Asterodiscididae, Asteropseidae, Chaetasteridae, Ganeriidae, Geinitzaster, Goniasteridae, Goniasteroidea, Granulosina, Leptaster, Mithrodiidae, Odontasteridae, Ophidiasteridae, Oreasteridae, Poraniidae, Pycinasteridae, Sphaerasteridae, Stauranderasteridae, Tumulosina
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore