Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: A. S. Gale. 1987. Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) from the Late Cretaceous of North-West Europe. The genera Calliderma, Crateraster, Nymphaster and Chomataster. Mesozoic Research 1(4):151-186
Belongs to Nymphaster according to J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021
See also Gale 1987 and Gale 1989
Sister taxa: Nymphaster albensis, Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster arduennensis, Nymphaster coombii, Nymphaster dutempleanus, Nymphaster fontis, Nymphaster humilis, Nymphaster magistrorum, Nymphaster marginatus, Nymphaster miocenicus, Nymphaster mudzborgh, Nymphaster obtusus, Nymphaster ornatus, Nymphaster rectus, Nymphaster spenceri, Nymphaster studlandensis, Nymphaster wrighti
Type specimen: Natural History Museum, London, collection of Gale, holotype Yd 3985, paratypes
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nymphaster peakei in the database
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