Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Pentagonaster basseti
Full reference: P. de Loriol. 1887. Notes sur quelques échinodermes fossiles des environs de La Rochelle. Annales de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Charente-Maritime 23:313-332
Belongs to Comptoniaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Breton 1997 and de Loriol 1887
Sister taxa: Comptoniaster adamsi, Comptoniaster berthandi, Comptoniaster comptoni, Comptoniaster destombesi, Comptoniaster fourtaui, Comptoniaster godeti, Comptoniaster jangouxi, Comptoniaster meyeri, Comptoniaster michaelisi, Comptoniaster peetersorum, Comptoniaster schlumbergeri, Comptoniaster sharpii, Comptoniaster spongiarum, Comptoniaster vrinensis, Comptoniaster weitschati
Type specimen: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of La Rochelle, topotype n° 1190
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Comptoniaster basseti in the database
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