Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combinations: Metopaster decipiens, Parametopaster decipiens

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1913. The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204:99-177

Belongs to Weitschataster according to C. Neumann and P. Girod 2018

See also Breton 1992, Breton 1997, Gale 1987, Jagt 1999, Jagt 2000, Lewis 1993, Schulz and Weitschat 1975 and Spencer 1913

Sister taxon: Weitschataster intermedius

Type specimen: Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM E 20306

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Zeven Wegen, Gulpen, Haccourt (Cretaceous of Belgium)

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