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Cheiraster echinulatus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2269820	https://www.gbif.org/species/2269820

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : Cheiraster echinulatus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Asterozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Asteroidea	de Blainville 1830
subclass	Ambuloasteroidea	Blake and Hagdorn 2003
infraclass	Neoasteroidea
superorder	Valvatacea	McKnight 1975
order	Notomyotida	Ludwig 1910
family	Benthopectinidae	Verrill 1899
genus	Cheiraster	Studer 1883
species	Cheiraster echinulatus	Perrier 1875

Generic Name

Cheiraster

Scientific Name

Cheiraster echinulatus (Perrier, 1875)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cheiraster vincenti Perrier, 1894	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Cheiraster vincenti*
Pontaster oligoporus Perrier, 1894	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Pontaster oligoporus*
Pectinaster mixtus Verrill, 1915	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Pectinaster mixtus*
Archaster echinulatus Perrier, 1875	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Archaster echinulatus*
Pontaster echinulatus (Perrier, 1875)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Pontaster echinulatus*
Pectinaster echinulatus (Perrier, 1875)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Pectinaster echinulatus*
Pectinaster vincenti (Perrier, 1894)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Pectinaster vincenti*
Luidiaster vincenti (Perrier, 1894)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Luidiaster vincenti*
Luidiaster mixtus (Verrill, 1915)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Luidiaster mixtus*
Pectinaster oligoporus (Perrier, 1894)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : Cheiraster : *Pectinaster oligoporus*

References

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. - via World Register of Marine Species

Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992) Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall - via Catalogue of Life

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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