Pterasteridae (pt) Perrier, 1885 a: 886; 1885 b: 69.
Pterasteridae: Pythonasterinae Sladen, 1889: xxxviii, 530.
Myxasteridae Perrier, 1891: K 177; 1893: 850; Koehler, 1896: 48; Fisher, 1906: 1096; 1911: 253; 1913: 224; Verrill, 1914: 204; Fisher, 1919: 454; Madsen, 1951: 90; Alton, 1966: 687; Clark and Downey 1992: 336; McKnight 2006: 25.
Pythonasteridae: Perrier, 1893: 850; Verrill, 1914: 204; A.H. Clark, 1948: 76 Pythonasteridae (Myxasterinae): Spencer and Wright, 1966: U 68
Included Genera: Asthenactis Fisher 1906, Myxaster Perrier 1885, Pythonaster Sladen 1889