Jerarquía taxonómica:
Benthopectinidae → Cheiraster Studer, 1883

Familia:
Benthopectinidae

Autor:
Studer, 1883

Sinónimos:
Acantharchaster Verrill, 1894

Especies válidas/aceptadas:
Cheiraster (Barbadosaster)
Cheiraster (Barbadosaster) echinulatus
Cheiraster (Cheiraster)
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planus
Cheiraster (Christopheraster)
Cheiraster (Christopheraster) blakei
Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis
Cheiraster (Luidiaster)
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) californicus