Deep-Sea taxon details
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883
178248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178248)
accepted
Subgenus
Acantharchaster Verrill, 1894 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Ludwig (1910))
Luidiaster Studer, 1883 · unaccepted (A subgenus of Cheiraster...)
A subgenus of Cheiraster according to A.M. Clark (1981)
- Species Cheiraster (Luidiaster) antarcticus (Koehler, 1907)
- Species Cheiraster (Luidiaster) gerlachei Ludwig, 1903
- Species Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884)
- Species Cheiraster (Luidiaster) planeta (Sladen, 1889)
- Species Cheiraster (Luidiaster) robustus (A.H. Clark, 1917)
- Species Cheiraster (Luidiaster) tuberculatus (Djakonov, 1929)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Studer, T. (1883). Über der Asteriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. <i>Gazelle</i> um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1883(8):128-132., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789420
page(s): 131 [details]
page(s): 131 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178248 on 2026-08-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178248 on 2026-08-02
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original description
Studer, T. (1883). Über der Asteriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. <i>Gazelle</i> um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1883(8):128-132., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789420
page(s): 131 [details]
original description (of Acantharchaster Verrill, 1894) Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Luidiaster Studer, 1883) Studer, T. (1884). Verzeichnis der während der Reise S.M.S. “Gazelle” um die Erde, 1874-76 gesammelten Asteriden und Euryaliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 2, 1-64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30985642
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Luidiaster Studer, 1883) Studer, T. (1883). Über der Asteriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. <i>Gazelle</i> um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1883(8):128-132., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789420
page(s): 131; note: This was the announcement of the genus, full account in Studer (1884) [details]
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 Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
page(s): 131 [details]
original description (of Acantharchaster Verrill, 1894) Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Luidiaster Studer, 1883) Studer, T. (1884). Verzeichnis der während der Reise S.M.S. “Gazelle” um die Erde, 1874-76 gesammelten Asteriden und Euryaliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 2, 1-64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30985642
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Luidiaster Studer, 1883) Studer, T. (1883). Über der Asteriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. <i>Gazelle</i> um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1883(8):128-132., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789420
page(s): 131; note: This was the announcement of the genus, full account in Studer (1884) [details]
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 Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
