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 - Solaster dawsoni
      Species - Solaster endeca
      Species - Solaster paxillatus
      Species - Solaster stimpsoni
      Species - Solaster caribbaeus
      Species - Solaster notophrynus
      Species - Solaster syrtensis
      Species - Solaster hypothrissus
      Species - Solaster exiguus
      Species - Solaster hexactis
      Species - Solaster spectabilis
      Species - Solaster longoi
      Species - Solaster torulatus
      Species - Solaster haliplous
      Species - Solaster intermedius
      Species - Solaster pacificus
      Species - Solaster tropicus
      Species - Solaster uchidai
      Species - Solaster glacialis
      Species - Solaster earlli
      Species - Solaster regularis
      Species - Solaster abyssicola
      Species - Solaster benedicti