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 - Mediaster aequalis
      Species - Mediaster bairdi
      Species - Mediaster elegans
      Species - Mediaster tenellus
      Species - Mediaster boardmani
      Species - Mediaster brachiatus
      Species - Mediaster dawsoni
      Species - Mediaster ornatus
      Species - Mediaster praestans
      Species - Mediaster transfuga
      Species - Mediaster australiensis
      Species - Mediaster arcuatus
      Species - Mediaster gartrelli
      Species - Mediaster sladeni
      Species - Mediaster murrayi
      Species - Mediaster capensis
      Species - Mediaster pedicellaris