Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1841. A history of British starfish and other animals of the class Echinodermata 1-267
Parent taxon: Valvatida according to G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008
See also Blake 2010, Blake and Jagt 2005, Donovan et al. 1993, Eagle 1999, Ewin and Gale 2020, Gale 1987, Gale 2011, Gale 2011, Hess 1972, Mah and Blake 2012, Perrier 1884, Spencer and Wright 1966, Villier 2008 and Villier 2010
Sister taxa: Acanthasteridae, Archasteridae, Asteriaceros, Asterinidae, Asterodiscididae, Asteropseidae, Chaetasteridae, Ganeriidae, Geinitzaster, Goniasteroidea, Granulosina, Leptaster, Mithrodiidae, Odontasteridae, Ophidiasteridae, Oreasteridae, Poraniidae, Pycinasteridae, Sphaerasteridae, Stauranderasteridae, Tumulosina
Subtaxa: Bugarachaster Buterminaster Caletaster Calliaster Calliderma Capellia Cenomanaster Ceramaster Chomataster Cladaster Codellaster Comptonia Comptoniaster Cottreauaster Crateraster Cymbaster Fayoumaster Fomalhautia Forbesiaster Fredaster Galbaster Goniasterinae Haccourtaster Hessaster Hippasteria Hippasteriinae Huroeaster Leptogonium Marocaster Mastaster Mediaster Metopaster Miopentagonaster Nehalemia Noviaster Nymphaster Ocalaster Ogmaster Ophryaster Oyenaster Pachyaster Paragonaster Parametopaster Peedeeaster Peltaster Pentetagonaster Pulcinellaster Spenceraster Talecaster Teichaster Tesselaster Tomidaster Tosia Tylasteria Weitschataster
Type: Goniaster
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Cuba (1), Grenada (1), Poland (1), Romania (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (2), United States (2: Florida)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Egypt (1), France (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Denmark (2), the Netherlands (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2), Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (12), Brazil (1), Canada (1: Alberta), the Czech Republic (13), Egypt (1), France (91), Germany (2), Iran (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (7), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (11), United States (14: California, Colorado, Tennessee, Texas)
• Jurassic of France (12), Germany (2), Poland (1), Switzerland (4), Ukraine (1)
Total: 221 collections including 442 occurrences