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

Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cheiraster*	Studer, 1883	accepted genus name
*Cheiraster (Cheiraster)*	Studer, 1883	synonym

Subgenus group names

*Luidiaster*	Studer, 1883	synonym

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	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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cheiraster (Luidiaster) 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:178248