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

      Direct Children

      Species - Benthopecten claviger
      Species - Benthopecten mutabilis
      Species - Benthopecten rhopalophorus
      Species - Benthopecten simplex
      Species - Benthopecten spinosissimus
      Species - Benthopecten spinosus
      Species - Benthopecten folini
      Species - Benthopecten pedicifer
      Species - Benthopecten acanthonotus
      Species - Benthopecten cognatus
      Species - Benthopecten heteracanthus
      Species - Benthopecten huddlestonii
      Species - Benthopecten indicus
      Species - Benthopecten moluccanus
      Species - Benthopecten munidae
      Species - Benthopecten pectinifer
      Species - Benthopecten pentacanthus
      Species - Benthopecten pikei
      Species - Benthopecten polyctenius
      Species - Benthopecten semisquamatus
      Species - Benthopecten spinuliger
      Species - Benthopecten styracius
      Species - Benthopecten violaceus