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 - Sclerasterias tanneri
      Species - Sclerasterias contorta
      Species - Sclerasterias heteropaes
      Species - Sclerasterias mollis
      Species - Sclerasterias guernei
      Species - Sclerasterias neglecta
      Species - Sclerasterias richardi
      Species - Sclerasterias eustyla
      Species - Sclerasterias alexandri
      Species - Sclerasterias euplecta
      Species - Sclerasterias mazophora
      Species - Sclerasterias satsumana
      Species - Sclerasterias parvulus
      Species - Sclerasterias eructans
      Species - Sclerasterias dubia