Cheiraster planeta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Notomyotida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Notomyotida

Familia: Benthopectinidae
Genus: Cheiraster
Subgenus: Cheiraster (Luidiaster)
Species: Cheiraster (Luidiaster) planeta

Name

Cheiraster planeta (Sladen, 1889)

original combination: Pontaster planeta Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 311. Off western coast of South America, near the entrance to the Straits of Magellan. 52.758333°S 73.766667°W / -52.758333; -73.766667. Depth 245 fms.

Synonymy

• Pontaster planeta Sladen, 1889: 30–33, pl. 10 figs. 1–2, pl. 13 figs. 1–2; — Fisher, 1940: 94–96.
• Cheiraster planeta (Sladen, 1889)

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i-xlii, 1-893 BHL Reference page.