Nymphaster mudzborgh Jagt et al. 2021 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: J.W.M. Jagt, E.A. Jagt-Yazykova, B.W.M. Van Bakel and R.H.B. Fraaije. 2021. Notes on some Late Cretaceous goniasterid starfish (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from Belgium and Germany. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 73(3):1-18

Belongs to Nymphaster according to J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021

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

Type specimen: holotype NHMM JJ 16375a, paratypes NHMM JJ 16375b-d

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nymphaster mudzborgh in the database

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