NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Astropectinidae
  Order - Paxillosida
  Superorder - Valvatacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Dytaster grandis
      Species - Dytaster gilberti
      Species - Dytaster agassizi
      Species - Dytaster intermedius
      Species - Dytaster insignis
      Species - Dytaster cherbonnieri
      Species - Dytaster felix
      Species - Dytaster felli
      Species - Dytaster aequivocus
      Species - Dytaster inermis
      Species - Dytaster nobilis
      Species - Dytaster spinosus
      Species - Dytaster spinulosus
      Species - Dytaster mollis
      Species - Dytaster rigidus
      Species - Dytaster semispinosus
      Species - Dytaster pedicellaris