Asteroidea

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<==Asteroidea [Asteromorpha, Phanerozonida, Pustulosida]
   |--Platanaster [Platyasterida]
   `--+--Urasterellidae
      |    |--Salteraster Stürtz 1893
      |    `--Urasterella
      `--+--+--Neopalaeasteridae
         |  `--Ambuloasteroidea
         `--+--Devonaster Schuchert 1914
            `--Hudsonaster Stürtz 1900 [incl. Protopalaeaster Hudson 1912]
                 |--H. narraywayi (Hudson 1912)
                 `--H. rugosus (Billings 1857)

Asteroidea incertae sedis:

 Petraster Billings 1858
   |--*P. rigidus (Billings 1857) [=Palasterina rigidus]
   |--P. ramseyensis [=Uranaster ramseyensis]
   |--P. speciosus (Miller 1880) [=Palasterina speciosa]
   `--P. wigleyi Branstrator 1982
 Staurandasteridae
 Hystrigaster
 Palasteriscus
 Lathanaster
 Palaeaster exculptus
 Promopalaeaster Schuchert 1915
 Monaster Etheridge 1892 [Monasteridae]
   `--*M. clarkei (de Koninck 1878)
 Fandasterias Blake 1995 [Fandasteridae]
   `--*F. facetus Blake 1995
 Xenaster Simonovitsch 1871
   `--X. margaritatus Simonovitsch 1871
 Jaekelaster Stürtz 1899
 Schlueteraster Lehmann 1957
 Acanthaster planci
 Bathybiaster vexillifer
 Brisinga endecacnemos
 Brisingella coronata
 Ceramaster granularis
 Ctenodiscus crispatus
 Diplopteraster multipes
 Hippasteria
   |--H. leiopelta
   `--H. phrygiana
 Hymenaster pellucidus
 Korethraster hispidus
 Leptychaster arcticus
 Odinia pandina
 Palmipes membranaceus
 Peltaster nidarosiensis
 Pontaster tenuispinus
 Poraniomorpha
   |--P. hispida
   `--P. tumida
 Psilaster andromeda
 Pteraster
   |--P. militaris
   |--P. obscurus
   |--P. pulvillus
   `--P. tesselatus
 Stichastrella rosea
 Rhenaster Schöndorf 1909
   `--R. schwerdi Schöndorf 1909
 Palasterina McCoy 1854
 Uranaster Gregory 1899
   `--U. kinahani (Baily 1878)
 Pycnopodia heliathoides
 Linckia guildingi
 Staturanderaster [incl. Gasterometra Gislén 1925]
   `--‘*Gasterometra’ polycirra Gislén 1925
 Siluraster caractaci
 Asterodiscus truncatus
 Odontaster [Odontasteridae]
   `--O. priscus
 Allostichaster polyplax

* Type species of generic name indicated

[edit] References

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