Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Alternative combinations: Anthenea schlumbergeri, Comptonia schlumbergeri
Full reference: P. de Loriol. 1889. Notes sur deux Echinodermes nouveaux. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France (17)150-156
Belongs to Comptoniaster according to G. Breton 1992
See also Breton 1983, de Loriol 1889 and de Loriol 1909
Sister taxa: Comptoniaster adamsi, Comptoniaster basseti, Comptoniaster berthandi, Comptoniaster comptoni, Comptoniaster destombesi, Comptoniaster fourtaui, Comptoniaster godeti, Comptoniaster jangouxi, Comptoniaster meyeri, Comptoniaster michaelisi, Comptoniaster peetersorum, Comptoniaster sharpii, Comptoniaster spongiarum, Comptoniaster vrinensis, Comptoniaster weitschati
Type specimen: Geological Museum, Cairo, n°781
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Abou Roach (Cretaceous of Egypt)
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