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 - Zoroasteridae
  Order - Forcipulatida
  Superorder - Forcipulatacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Zoroaster actinocles
      Species - Zoroaster ophiurus
      Species - Zoroaster fulgens
      Species - Zoroaster angulatus
      Species - Zoroaster spinulosus
      Species - Zoroaster adami
      Species - Zoroaster alfredi
      Species - Zoroaster alternicanthus
      Species - Zoroaster barathri
      Species - Zoroaster carinatus
      Species - Zoroaster hirsutus
      Species - Zoroaster macracantha
      Species - Zoroaster magnificus
      Species - Zoroaster microporus
      Species - Zoroaster ophiactis
      Species - Zoroaster orientalis
      Species - Zoroaster planus
      Species - Zoroaster singletoni
      Species - Zoroaster variacanthus
      Species - Zoroaster tenuis