Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: G. Breton and D. Vizcaïno. 1997. Astérides (Echinodermata) de l'Ilerdien moyen (Yprésien) des Corbières (Aude, France) : systématique, relations paléobiogéographiques et évolutives. Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Scientifiques de l'Aude 97:11-28
Belongs to Nymphaster according to J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021
See also Breton and Vizcaïno 1997
Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti
Type specimen: Holotype MHNH 8942, paratypes MHNH 8943-8947. Its type locality is Middle Ilerdien, Fontcouverte, Aude, which is in a Ypresian offshore marl in the Marnes de Foncouverte Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Middle Ilerdien, Fontcouverte, Aude
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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