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 - Persephonaster echinulatus
      Species - Persephonaster leptactis
      Species - Persephonaster patagiatus
      Species - Persephonaster sphenoplax
      Species - Persephonaster croceus
      Species - Persephonaster sewelli
      Species - Persephonaster roulei
      Species - Persephonaster cingulatus
      Species - Persephonaster facetus
      Species - Persephonaster exquisitus
      Species - Persephonaster armiger
      Species - Persephonaster asper
      Species - Persephonaster celebensis
      Species - Persephonaster coelochilus
      Species - Persephonaster habrogenys
      Species - Persephonaster misakiensis
      Species - Persephonaster monostoechus
      Species - Persephonaster oediplax
      Species - Persephonaster pulcher
      Species - Persephonaster rhodopeplus
      Species - Persephonaster suluensis
      Species - Persephonaster tenuis
      Species - Persephonaster gracilis