Deep-Sea taxon details
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planus Verrill, 1915
178239 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178239)
accepted
Species
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) Studer, 1883 represented as Cheiraster Studer, 1883
Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1981).)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 133 [details]
page(s): 133 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planus Verrill, 1915. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178239 on 2026-07-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planus Verrill, 1915. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178239 on 2026-07-07
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original description
Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 133 [details]
original description (of Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915) Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 145 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (CoRMS) Benavides-Serrato, M., Borrero-Pérez, G. H. y Solano O.D. (2005). Listado taxonómico de los asteroideos (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) de la plataforma y el talud superior del Caribe colombiano. <em>Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol.</em> 53(Suppl. 3):171-194. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
page(s): 133 [details]
original description (of Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915) Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 145 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (CoRMS) Benavides-Serrato, M., Borrero-Pérez, G. H. y Solano O.D. (2005). Listado taxonómico de los asteroideos (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) de la plataforma y el talud superior del Caribe colombiano. <em>Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol.</em> 53(Suppl. 3):171-194. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pectinaster gracilis USNM 10564 - dorsal) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pectinaster gracilis USNM 10564 - ventral) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (30 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 10564) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 18469)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pectinaster gracilis USNM 10564 - dorsal) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pectinaster gracilis USNM 10564 - ventral) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (30 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 10564) (from synonym Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 18469)
