Metopaster icenicus Wright and Wright 1940 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: C. W. Wright and E.V. Wright. 1940. Note on the Cretaceous Asteroidea. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 96(2):231-248

Belongs to Metopaster according to A. S. Gale 1987

See also Wright and Wright 1940

Sister taxa: Metopaster alexiae, Metopaster andreae, Metopaster angulatus, Metopaster bezanconi, Metopaster bignoti, Metopaster bromleyi, Metopaster calcar, Metopaster carinatus, Metopaster chilipora, Metopaster continuus, Metopaster dividuus, Metopaster downendensis, Metopaster duvergieri, Metopaster elegans, Metopaster elevatus, Metopaster elongatus, Metopaster hunteri, Metopaster hypertelicus, 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: Natural History Museum, London, holotype WW 9461

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metopaster icenicus in the database

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