Haliestes Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Siveter . Derek J. . Sutton . Mark D. . Briggs . Derek E. G. . Siveter . David J. . 2004 . A Silurian sea spider . Nature . en . 431 . 7011 . 978–980 . 10.1038/nature02928 . 1476-4687.
2. Siveter . Derek J. . Sabroux . Romain . Briggs . Derek E. G. . Siveter . David J. . Sutton . Mark D. . 2023 . Newly discovered morphology of the Silurian sea spider Haliestes and its implications . Papers in Palaeontology . en . 9 . 5 . 10.1002/spp2.1528 . 2056-2799. free . 1983/267d44cb-bd22-4a1d-9d00-b3916c453784 . free .