NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Benthopectinidae
  Order - Notomyotida
  Superorder - Valvatacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subgenus - Cheiraster (Luidiaster)
      Subgenus - Cheiraster (Christopheraster)
      Subgenus - Cheiraster (Barbadosaster)
      Subgenus - Cheiraster (Cheiraster)
      Species - Cheiraster cribellum
      Species - Cheiraster monopedicellaris
      Species - Cheiraster richardsoni
      Species - Cheiraster subtuberculatus
      Species - Cheiraster trullipes
      Species - Cheiraster granulatus
      Species - Cheiraster gerlachei