NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Superorder - Valvatacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Luidiidae
      Family - Astropectinidae
      Family - Goniopectinidae
      Family - Porcellanasteridae
      Family - Radiasteridae
      Family - Ctenodiscidae
      Family - Pseudarchasteridae