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 - Odontasteridae
      Family - Chaetasteridae
      Family - Archasteridae
      Family - Goniasteridae
      Family - Oreasteridae
      Family - Solasteridae
      Family - Asterinidae
      Family - Ganeriidae
      Family - Poraniidae
      Family - Acanthasteridae
      Family - Mithrodiidae
      Family - Asteropseidae
      Family - Ophidiasteridae
      Family - Asterodiscididae
      Family - Leilasteridae
      Family - Podosphaerasteridae