''Heliaster'' is a genus of

Asteroidea Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or basket stars. Starfish ...

(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 Americ ...

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Species

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 (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58 Asteroidea genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Asteroidea-stub