Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat. 1981. Phylogenie und Stratigraphie der Asteroideen der norddeutschen Schreikreide. Teil 2: Crateraster/Teichaster-Gruppe und Gattung Ophryaster. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 51:27-42

Belongs to Ophryaster according to M. Reich and P. Frenzel 2002

See also Breton 1985 and Schulz and Weitschat 1981

Sister taxa: Ophryaster argencienis, Ophryaster bretoni, Ophryaster maastrichtensis, Ophryaster magnus, Ophryaster novaezelandiae, Ophryaster oligoplax, Ophryaster saucatsensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ophryaster dorsolevis in the database

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