Parent taxon: Caryocystitidae according to G. Regnéll 1945
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caryocystites, Orocystites, Stichocystis, Ulrichocystis
Subtaxa: Heliocrinites angustiporus Heliocrinites balticus Heliocrinites granatum Heliocrinites guttaeformis Heliocrinites helmhackeri Heliocrinites malaisei Heliocrinites minutus Heliocrinites ovalis Heliocrinites prominens Heliocrinites rouvillei Heliocrinites stellatus
Type: Echinosphaerites balticus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Sweden (2 collections)
• Ordovician of Algeria (1), Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (1), Iran (1), Morocco (3), Norway (3), Portugal (2), Spain (7), Sweden (31), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 56 collections including 71 occurrences
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