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 - Plutonaster intermedius
      Species - Plutonaster bifrons
      Species - Plutonaster agassizi
      Species - Plutonaster marginatus
      Species - Plutonaster efflorescens
      Species - Plutonaster complexus
      Species - Plutonaster fragilis
      Species - Plutonaster hikurangi
      Species - Plutonaster jonathani
      Species - Plutonaster knoxi
      Species - Plutonaster ambiguus
      Species - Plutonaster keiensis
      Species - Plutonaster sirius