Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Ravniaster laevis
Full reference: K. Brünnich-Nielsen. 1943. The Asteroids of the Senonian and Danian deposits of Danmark. Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2(5):1-68
Belongs to Metopaster according to L. Villier 2010
See also Brünnich-Nielsen 1943, Rasmussen 1950, Rasmussen 1979 and Schulz and Weitschat 1971
Sister taxa: Metopaster alexiae, Metopaster andreae, Metopaster angulatus, Metopaster bezanconi, Metopaster bignoti, Metopaster bromleyi, Metopaster calcar, Metopaster carinatus, Metopaster chilipora, Metopaster continuus, Metopaster dividuus, Metopaster downendensis, Metopaster duvergieri, Metopaster elegans, Metopaster elevatus, Metopaster elongatus, Metopaster hunteri, Metopaster hypertelicus, Metopaster icenicus, Metopaster kagstrupensis, Metopaster lisanae, Metopaster loirensis, Metopaster maculatus, Metopaster medius, Metopaster meudonensis, Metopaster miloni, Metopaster montainvillensis, Metopaster parkinsoni, Metopaster polyplacus, Metopaster poulsenii, Metopaster praetumidus, Metopaster rugissimus, Metopaster schulzi, Metopaster spencerii, Metopaster stratifera, Metopaster tamarae, Metopaster teilhardi, Metopaster tenneseensis, Metopaster tercensis, Metopaster thoracifer, Metopaster trichilae, Metopaster tumidus, Metopaster uncatus, Ravniaster granulatus
Subtaxa: Mitraster hunterii laevis
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metopaster laevis in the database
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