Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Goniasteridae > Genus Ceramaster

Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ceramaster*	Verrill, 1899	accepted genus name
*Philonaster*	Koehler, 1909	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias granularis*	Retzius, 1783	synonym
*Astrogonium boreale*	Barrett, 1857	synonym
*Ceramaster granularis granularis*	(Retzius, 1783)	synonym
*Pentagonaster eximius*	Verrill, 1894	synonym
*Pentagonaster simplex*	Verrill, 1895	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: sjøkjeks sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøkjeks sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: sjökex

Literature

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	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783). 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:124020