Heliaster Gray 1840 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Heliasteridae
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: Heliasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Gale 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Viguier 1878
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Heliaster microbrachius
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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