Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
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 Metopaster according to D.N. Lewis 1993
See also Gale 1987
Sister taxa: Metopaster alexiae, Metopaster andreae, Metopaster angulatus, Metopaster bezanconi, Metopaster bignoti, Metopaster bromleyi, Metopaster calcar, Metopaster carinatus, Metopaster chilipora, Metopaster continuus, Metopaster dividuus, Metopaster downendensis, Metopaster duvergieri, Metopaster elegans, Metopaster elevatus, Metopaster elongatus, Metopaster hunteri, Metopaster hypertelicus, Metopaster icenicus, Metopaster kagstrupensis, Metopaster laevis, Metopaster lisanae, Metopaster loirensis, Metopaster maculatus, Metopaster medius, Metopaster meudonensis, Metopaster miloni, Metopaster montainvillensis, Metopaster parkinsoni, Metopaster polyplacus, Metopaster poulsenii, Metopaster praetumidus, Metopaster schulzi, Metopaster spencerii, Metopaster stratifera, Metopaster tamarae, Metopaster teilhardi, Metopaster tenneseensis, Metopaster tercensis, Metopaster thoracifer, Metopaster trichilae, Metopaster tumidus, Metopaster uncatus, Ravniaster granulatus
Type specimen: holotype BNHM E 54228, paratypes BNHM E 54229-34, E54236, E 54297
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metopaster rugissimus in the database
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