†Haliestes Siveter et al. 2004 (sea spider)
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Full reference: D. J. Siveter, M. D. Sutton, D. E. G. Briggs and D. J. Siveter. 2004. A Silurian sea spider. Nature 431:978-980
Parent taxon: Pycnogonida according to D. J. Siveter et al. 2004
See also Dunlop et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Austrodecus, Cambropycnogon, Flagellopantopus, Palaeoisopoda, Palaeoisopodidae, Palaeomarachne, Palaeopantopoda, Palaeothea, Pantopoda, Pentapantopus
Subtaxa: Haliestes dasos
Type: Haliestes dasos
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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