Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 167200

Alternative combination: Hemiaster luynesi

Belongs to Hemiaster (Mecaster) according to R. Berndt 2003

Sister taxa: Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus, Mecaster africanus, Mecaster batnensis, Mecaster fourneli, Mecaster nicaisei, Mecaster orbignyanus, Mecaster palpebratus, Mecaster pseudofourneli, Mecaster semicavatus, Mecaster toucasanus, Mecaster verneuili, Mecaster victoris

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore