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Cheiraster

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2269861	https://www.gbif.org/species/2269861
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	114370	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=114370

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

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

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,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

Scientific Name

Cheiraster Studer, 1883

Name Published In

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.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cheiraster	genus	belongs to Benthopectinidae	stated without evidence	Blake and Jagt, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

outer shelf,oceanic,marine (based on Notomyotida)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Notomyotida)

Vision

limited (based on Asteroidea)

Diet

carnivore, deposit feeder (based on Notomyotida)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Notomyotida)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Notomyotida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. Studer. 1883. Bericht über die Asteriden welche während der Reise SMS 'Gazelle' um die Erde gesammelt wurden. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellshaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1883:128-132

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Cheiraster antarcticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster blakei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster californicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster capillatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster cribellum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster dawsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster diomedeae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster diomediae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster echinulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster gazella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster gazellae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster gerlachei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster granulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster hirsutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster horridus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster inops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster ludwigi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster mirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster monopedicellaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster niasicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster otagoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster oxyacanthus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster pilosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster planeta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster planus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster reunionensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster richardsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster robustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster sepitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster snyderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster subtuberculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster teres species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster triplacanthus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster trullipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster tuberculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheiraster weberi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Marcellaster Koehler, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : *Marcellaster*
Luidiaster Studer, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : *Luidiaster*
Barbadosaster A.M.Clark, 1981	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : *Barbadosaster*
Pectinaster Verrill, 1915	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : *Pectinaster*
Christopheraster A.M.Clark, 1981	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : *Christopheraster*
Acantharchaster Verrill, 1894	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Notomyotida : Benthopectinidae : *Acantharchaster*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1883	Cheiraster Studer p. 129
2005	Cheiraster Blake and Jagt p. 190

References

Studer T. Bericht über die Asteriden welche während der Reise SMS 'Gazelle' um die Erde gesammelt wurden., Sitzungsberichte der Gesellshaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1883, 128-132

Blake D. B., Jagt J.W.M. (2005) New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaebiological significance., Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75, 183-200

Spencer, W. K., and C. W. Wright / Durham, J. Wyatt, et al. / Moore, Raymond C., ed., 1966: Asterozoans. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 1. U4-U107. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey, 1992: null. Starfishes of the Atlantic. xxvi + 794. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

S. B. Ges. Fr. Berlin, 1883 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. - via World Register of Marine Species

Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 - via World Register of Marine Species

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

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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