Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Chomataster magistrorum
Full reference: G. Breton. 1988. Description d'espèces nouvelles de Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) du Crétacé de France. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 75(1):9-40
Belongs to Nymphaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Breton 1988, Jagt et al. 2021 and Néraudeau and Breton 1993
Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster fontis, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti
Type specimen: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, holotype MHNH 8082
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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