Comptonia wightensis Breton 1992 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combination: Paragonaster wightensis

Full reference: G. Breton. 1992. Les Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) jurassiques et crétacés de France. Taphonomie, systématique, biostratigraphie, paléobiogéographie, évolution. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre, numéro hors série 78:1-590

Belongs to Comptonia according to G. Breton 1992

See also Gale 2020

Sister taxa: Comptonia bretoni, Comptonia bruni, Comptonia elegans, Comptonia soullansensis, Comptonia stelcki, Comptonia thierryi

Type specimen: Natural History Museum, London, holotype BMNH 48620

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Comptonia wightensis in the database

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