Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planus Verrill, 1915 
AphiaID: 178239

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Notomyotida > Benthopectinidae > Cheiraster > Cheiraster (Cheiraster)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Cheiraster (Cheiraster) Studer, 1883
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and 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 [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Caribbean Sea [details] Colombia [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Guyana Basin [details] Honduras [details] Jamaica [details] Mexico [details] Trinidad and Tobago [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178239
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-29 11:05:05Z   created   Braeckman, Ulrike 2009-01-19 15:30:12Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planus Verrill, 1915. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178239 on 2013-06-19