Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combinations: Calliderma obtusa, Crateraster obtusus, Oreaster obtusus

Synonym: Pentaceros dilatatus Meunier 1906

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1848. On the Asteriadae found fossil in British strata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2(2):457-482

Belongs to Nymphaster according to G. Breton 1992

See also Carpenter 1882, Dujardin and Hupé 1862, Forbes 1848, Forbes 1850, Gale 1987, Gale 1989, Jagt et al. 2021, Meunier 1906, Schulz and Weitschat 1981, Spencer 1907, Spencer 1913 and Valette 1915

Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster fontis, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti

Type specimens:

• Nymphaster obtusus: Natural History Museum, London, lectotype BNHM E 5038, paralectotype BNHM E 5039
• Pentaceros dilatatus:

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nymphaster obtusus in the database

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