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

      Direct Children

      Species - Ceramaster arcticus
      Species - Ceramaster clarki
      Species - Ceramaster japonicus
      Species - Ceramaster patagonicus
      Species - Ceramaster stellatus
      Species - Ceramaster leptoceramus
      Species - Ceramaster granularis
      Species - Ceramaster grenadensis
      Species - Ceramaster glasbyi
      Species - Ceramaster trispinosus
      Species - Ceramaster australis
      Species - Ceramaster cuenoti
      Species - Ceramaster bowersi
      Species - Ceramaster misakiensis
      Species - Ceramaster mortenseni
      Species - Ceramaster smithi