Heliasteridae
Sign in to saveThe Heliasteridae are a family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It includes two genera: Heliaster from the East Pacific (California to Chile, including offshore islands), and Labidiaster from southernmost South America, Antarctica and subantarctic oceans.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderForcipulatida
- FamilyHeliasteridae
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- Specimen records
- 20
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- 1
- Family
- Heliasteridae
- Collections
- SIO, CAS, AUM, NMV, AM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Peru, Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Forcipulatida
- Image
- Heliaster helianthus 04.jpg
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- Heliasteridae
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- taxonomic type
- Heliaster
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The Heliasteridae are a family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It includes two genera: Heliaster from the East Pacific (California to Chile, including offshore islands), and Labidiaster from southernmost South America, Antarctica and subantarctic oceans.
==Genera== The World Register of Marine Species includes two genera and nine species within the family Heliasteridae: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Genus !! Species |- |175px ||Heliaster Gray, 1840|| Heliaster canopus Perrier, 1875 Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840) Heliaster helianthus (Lamarck, 1816) Heliaster kubiniji Xantus, 1860 Heliaster microbrachius Xantus, 1860 Heliaster polybrachius H.L. Clark, 1907 Heliaster solaris A.H. Clark, 1920 |- |175px ||Labidiaster Lütken, 1872|| Labidiaster annulatus Sladen, 1889 Labidiaster radiosus Lütken, 1871 |- |}
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