Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Belongs to Hemiaster according to C. W. Cooke 1953
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915
Sister taxa: Hemiaster (Bolbaster), Hemiaster (Gregoryaster), Hemiaster (Hemiaster), Hemiaster (Holanthus), Hemiaster (Integraster), Hemiaster (Leymeriaster), Hemiaster (Trachyaster), Hemiaster aequisgranensis, Hemiaster alamedensis, Hemiaster amelianus, Hemiaster antillensis, Hemiaster arcolensis, Hemiaster arcticus, Hemiaster atavus, Hemiaster beecheri, Hemiaster bufo, Hemiaster californicus, Hemiaster calvini, Hemiaster cholamensis, Hemiaster comanchei, Hemiaster delawarensis, Hemiaster dewalquei, Hemiaster elegans, Hemiaster globulosus, Hemiaster gonzalezmunozi, Hemiaster hattaensis, Hemiaster humphreysanus, Hemiaster kuemmeli, Hemiaster moscovensis, Hemiaster orbignyi, Hemiaster oregonensis, Hemiaster parastatus, Hemiaster paronai, Hemiaster proclivus, Hemiaster regulusanus, Hemiaster sabinal, Hemiaster scutiger, Hemiaster sibiricus, Hemiaster stella, Hemiaster texanus, Hemiaster ungula, Hemiaster wetherbyi, Hemiaster zululandensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Railroad cut south of Lower Jamesburg, which is in a Santonian marine horizon in the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Railroad cut south of Lower Jamesburg
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