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 - Nymphaster arenatus
      Species - Nymphaster gardineri
      Species - Nymphaster moebii
      Species - Nymphaster alcocki
      Species - Nymphaster arthrocnemis
      Species - Nymphaster atopus
      Species - Nymphaster diomedeae
      Species - Nymphaster dyscritus
      Species - Nymphaster euryplax
      Species - Nymphaster habrotatus
      Species - Nymphaster leptodomus
      Species - Nymphaster meseres
      Species - Nymphaster moluccanus
      Species - Nymphaster mucronatus
      Species - Nymphaster pentagonus
      Species - Nymphaster nora