Haliestes

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Haliestes dasos
Temporal range: Silurian
Reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Nectopantopoda
Family: Haliestidae
Genus: Haliestes
Siveter et al. 2004
Species:
H. dasos
Binomial name
Haliestes dasos
Siveter et al. 2004

Haliestes is a genus of sea spider from the Silurian aged Coalbrookdale Formation of England. It contains a single species, Haliestes dasos. The species was first described by David Siveter et al. in 2004.[1] It is considered to be a nektonic predator.[2]

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