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

      Direct Children

      Species - Lophaster furcilliger
      Species - Lophaster furcifer
      Species - Lophaster quadrispinus
      Species - Lophaster verrilli
      Species - Lophaster gaini
      Species - Lophaster densus
      Species - Lophaster stellans
      Species - Lophaster tenuis
      Species - Lophaster suluensis
      Species - Lophaster asiaticus