Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Metopaster albocervus
Full reference: A. S. Gale. 1987. Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) from the late Cretaceous of North-West Europe. Introduction. The genera Metopaster and Recurvaster. Mesozoic Research 1(1):1-69
Belongs to Parametopaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Breton 1997, Gale 1987 and Lewis 1993
Sister taxa: Parametopaster altus, Parametopaster fournieri, Parametopaster stainforthi, Parametopaster undulatus, Parametopaster villieri
Type specimen: Natural History Museum, holotype BNHM E 54288, paratype BNHM 54287
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parametopaster albocervus in the database
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