Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Subterclass Atelostomata > Order Spatangoida

Hemiasteridae H.L. Clark, 1917

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hemiaster Desor in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
Holanthus Lambert & Thiéry, 1924

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コダヌキブンブク科

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212.
identification resource	Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to genera of Hemiasteridae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Hemiasteridae H.L. Clark, 1917. 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:123174