Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Benthopectinidae

Cheiraster Studer, 1883

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cheiraster (Cheiraster)*	Studer, 1883	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Cheiraster (Barbadosaster) A.M. Clark, 1981
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus (Verrill, 1885)
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883

Literature

original description	Studer, T. (1883). Über der Asteriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1883(8):128-132.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 3: 225-347.
additional source	Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cheiraster Studer, 1883. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123240