Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combinations: Asterias stratifera, Pentetagonaster stratifera, Pentetagonaster stratiferus, Teichaster stratifera
Full reference: C. Desmoulins. 1832. Catalogue descriptif des stelléridés vivantes et fossiles observées jusqu'à ce jour dans le département de la Gironde, dans l'arrondissement subsidaire de la société linnéenne de Bordeaux et dans le département de la Dordogne. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 5:183-206
Belongs to Metopaster according to L. Villier 1995
See also Beltrémieux 1866, d'Orbigny 1850, Desmoulins 1832, Forbes 1848 and Valette 1925
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 laevis, 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 tamarae, Metopaster teilhardi, Metopaster tenneseensis, Metopaster tercensis, Metopaster thoracifer, Metopaster trichilae, Metopaster tumidus, Metopaster uncatus, Ravniaster granulatus
Type specimen: Museum of Bordeaux, two syntype n°251
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metopaster stratifera in the database
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