Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combination: Metopaster parkinsoni meudonensis

Synonym: Pentetagonaster costata d'Orbigny 1850

Full reference: J. Cottreau. 1937. Un stelléride de la craie de Meudon. Compte rendu sommaire des séances de la société géologiques de la France 78-79

Belongs to Metopaster according to L. Villier 2001

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 icenicus, Metopaster kagstrupensis, Metopaster laevis, Metopaster lisanae, Metopaster loirensis, Metopaster maculatus, Metopaster medius, 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 specimens:

• Metopaster meudonensis: Holotype MNHN EM A 135, a partial skeleton
• Pentetagonaster costata: unknown.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore