Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: A. Valette. 1926. Nota sobre dos asteroideos nuevos de la Isla de Cuba. Boletim de Minas, Habana 10:23-26

Belongs to Nymphaster according to S.K.D. Donovan 2001

See also Sanchez Roig 1926, Sánchez Roig 1949 and Valette 1926

Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster fontis, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Canteras del Tejar "Consuelo", which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Cuba

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Canteras del Tejar "Consuelo"

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