Heliasteridae
creator: Mah, Christopher
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Heliasteridae Viguier, 1879
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Heliasteridae Viguier, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255069 on 2026-08-28
created: 2007-12-29T02:34:11Z
modified: 2017-06-26T18:40:30Z
replaces: 123122
replaces: 993937
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Heliasteridae Viguier, 1879
class: Asteroidea
family: Heliasteridae
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Viguier, C. (1879). Anatomie comparee du squelette des Stellerides. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et generale. 7: 33-250.
name published in: Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp.
name published in year: 1879
name published in year: 1914
order: Forcipulatida
parent name usage ID: 123086
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: Viguier, 1879
taxon rank: Family
taxonomic status: accepted