Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida

Heliasteridae Viguier, 1879

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Labidiasteridae Verrill, 1914 synonym

Literature

original description

Viguier, C. (1879). Anatomie comparee du squelette des Stellerides. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et generale. 7: 33-250.

additional source

Clark, H. L. (1907). The starfishes of the genus Heliaster. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 51(2): 25-76.

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Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Heliasteridae Viguier, 1879. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255069

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2017-06-26 by Christopher Mah

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