Canadian Register of Marine Species - Cheiraster Studer, 1883

CaRMS taxon details

Cheiraster Studer, 1883

AphiaID

123240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123240)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899

Synonymised names

Cheiraster (Cheiraster) Studer, 1883 · alternative representation

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Subgenus Cheiraster (Barbadosaster) A.M. Clark, 1981
1. Species Cheiraster (Barbadosaster) echinulatus (Perrier, 1875)
Subgenus Cheiraster (Christopheraster) A.M. Clark, 1981
1. Species Cheiraster (Christopheraster) blakei A.M. Clark, 1981
2. Species Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)
Subgenus Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883
1. Species Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884)
2. Species Cheiraster (Luidiaster) planeta (Sladen, 1889)
Subgenus Cheiraster (Cheiraster) Studer, 1883 represented as Cheiraster Studer, 1883
1. Species Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planus Verrill, 1915
2. Species Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus (Verrill, 1885)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789420
page(s): 130 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Cheiraster Studer, 1883. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123240 on 2026-07-02

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Cheiraster Studer, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123240 on 2026-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-06-11 12:57:51Z

checked

Danis, Bruno

2018-12-21 02:41:24Z

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Mah, Christopher

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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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789420
page(s): 130 [details]

original description (of Cheiraster (Cheiraster) Studer, 1883) 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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789420
page(s): 130 [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

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Introduced: alien

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