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Heliasteridae

Asteroidea - Heliasteridae

Taxonomy
Heliasteridae was named by Viguier (1878). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Asteriadina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Forcipulatida by Gale (2011); and to Forcipulatida by Perrier (1893), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Subtaxa
Heliaster

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Heliasteridae Viguier
1893Heliasteridae Perrier
1966Heliasteridae Spencer and Wright p. U74
1989Heliasteridae Blake p. 213
2011Heliasteridae Gale p. 60
2012Heliasteridae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Tripedicellaria
—Forcipulatida()
familyHeliasteridae
familyHeliasteridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Heliasteridae Viguier 1878
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G. Heliaster Gray 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 17:11:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:38:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Heliaster microbrachius (35026)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Heliaster microbrachius (32039)