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

      Direct Children

      Species - Leptasterias aleutica
      Species - Leptasterias arctica
      Species - Leptasterias asteira
      Species - Leptasterias hylodes
      Species - Leptasterias leptalea
      Species - Leptasterias tenera
      Species - Leptasterias fisheri
      Species - Leptasterias littoralis
      Species - Leptasterias pusilla
      Subgenus - Leptasterias (Endogenasterias)
      Subgenus - Leptasterias (Hexasterias)
      Subgenus - Leptasterias (Leptasterias)
      Subgenus - Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias)
      Subgenus - Leptasterias (Nesasterias)
      Species - Leptasterias canuti
      Species - Leptasterias clavispina
      Species - Leptasterias degerboelli
      Species - Leptasterias floccosa
      Species - Leptasterias hispida
      Species - Leptasterias austera
      Species - Leptasterias compta
      Species - Leptasterias hispidella
      Species - Leptasterias subarctica
      Species - Leptasterias insolens
      Species - Leptasterias kussakini
      Species - Leptasterias orientalis
      Species - Leptasterias hirsuta
      Species - Leptasterias ochotensis