Catoptometridae Taylor, Messing and Rouse, 2023 , new family

Type genus: Catoptometra AH Clark, 1908c

Diagnosis: Himerometroidea lacking any aboral cirral spines; IBr2 syzygies extremely brittle. Adoral centrodorsal surface smooth, with no radial depressions or furrows. Distal margins of division series and arm brachials bearing strong spines.

Remarks: This diagnosis is the same as for the genus Catoptometra (A. H. Clark, 1915 a, 1931, 1941; Hess & Messing, 2011).