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

      Direct Children

      Species - Ophidiaster guildingi
      Species - Ophidiaster ophidianus
      Species - Ophidiaster reyssi
      Species - Ophidiaster alexandri
      Species - Ophidiaster bayeri
      Species - Ophidiaster bullisi
      Species - Ophidiaster confertus
      Species - Ophidiaster kermadecensis
      Species - Ophidiaster macknighti
      Species - Ophidiaster granifer
      Species - Ophidiaster hemprichi
      Species - Ophidiaster duncani
      Species - Ophidiaster cribrarius
      Species - Ophidiaster perrieri
      Species - Ophidiaster agassizi
      Species - Ophidiaster armatus
      Species - Ophidiaster easterensis
      Species - Ophidiaster helicostichus
      Species - Ophidiaster lorioli
      Species - Ophidiaster ludwigi
      Species - Ophidiaster perplexus
      Species - Ophidiaster rhabdotus
      Species - Ophidiaster multispinus
      Species - Ophidiaster tuberifer