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 gazellae
      Species - Cheiraster sepitus
      Species - Cheiraster capillatus
      Species - Cheiraster diomediae
      Species - Cheiraster inops
      Species - Cheiraster ludwigi
      Species - Cheiraster niasicus
      Species - Cheiraster otagoensis
      Species - Cheiraster pilosus
      Species - Cheiraster snyderi
      Species - Cheiraster weberi
      Species - Cheiraster planus
      Species - Cheiraster triplacanthus