NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Cheiraster californicus
      Species - Cheiraster dawsoni
      Species - Cheiraster robustus
      Species - Cheiraster tuberculatus
      Species - Cheiraster teres
      Species - Cheiraster hirsutus
      Species - Cheiraster planeta
      Species - Cheiraster antarcticus