''Heliaster'' is a genus of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the family

Heliasteridae 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 Ameri ...

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Species

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Heliaster canopus ''Heliaster'' is a genus of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the family Heliasteridae. Species *'' Heliaster canopus'' Perrier, 1875 *'' Heliaster cumingi'' (Gray, 1840) *''Heliaster helianthus'' (Lamarck, 1816) *'' Heliaster kubiniji'' Xantus, 1860 * ...

'' Perrier, 1875 *'' Heliaster cumingi'' (Gray, 1840) *''

Heliaster helianthus The sun star ''(Heliaster helianthus)'' is a species of Asteroidea (starfish) in the family Heliasteridae. It is found in shallow water rocky habitats and in the kelp forests off the Pacific coast of Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Description ''H. he ...

'' (Lamarck, 1816) *'' Heliaster kubiniji'' Xantus, 1860 *'' Heliaster microbrachius'' Xantus, 1860 *'' Heliaster polybrachius'' H.L. Clark, 1907 *'' Heliaster solaris'' A.H. Clark, 1920

Fossil record

Whole specimens of ''Heliaster microbrachius'' have been found preserved in calcite-cemented quartz in Southwest Florida that dates to the

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 Asteroidea genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Asteroidea-stub