Subfamily Asterininae Gray 1840 (sea star)
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Asterinidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma Asterias (Linn.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6:275-290
Parent taxon: Asterinidae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
Sister taxon: Chaetasterina
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asterininae in the database