Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combinations: Chomataster marginatus, Ophryaster marginatus
Full reference: W. P. Sladen. 1891. A monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata. The Cretaceous formations. 2- The Asteroidea. Monograph of the Paleontographical Society 1:1-28
Belongs to Nymphaster according to J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021
See also Gale 1987, Lewis 1993, Rasmussen 1950, Sladen 1891, Spencer 1907 and Spencer 1913
Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster fontis, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster peakei, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti
Type specimen: Museum of Natural History, London, holotype BNHM OR 35484
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nymphaster marginatus in the database
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