Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combination: Ceramaster dividuus
Full reference: H. W. Rasmussen. 1945. Observations on the asteroid fauna of the Danian. Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening 10(4):417-426
Belongs to Metopaster according to H. W. Rasmussen 1945
See also Rasmussen 1950, Rasmussen 1979 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Metopaster alexiae, Metopaster andreae, Metopaster angulatus, Metopaster bezanconi, Metopaster bignoti, Metopaster bromleyi, Metopaster calcar, Metopaster carinatus, Metopaster chilipora, Metopaster continuus, 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 rugissimus, 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: Paleontological Department of the Mineralogical and Geological Museum at Copenha
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metopaster dividuus in the database
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