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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Hippasteria heathi
      Species - Hippasteria leiopelta
      Species - Hippasteria spinosa
      Species - Hippasteria phrygiana
      Species - Hippasteria californica
      Species - Hippasteria falklandica
      Species - Hippasteria imperialis
      Species - Hippasteria mammifera
      Species - Hippasteria nozawai
      Species - Hippasteria pedicellaris
      Species - Hippasteria lepidonotus
      Species - Hippasteria muscipula
      Species - Hippasteria mcknighti
      Species - Hippasteria tiburoni