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 - Coronaster briareus
      Species - Coronaster volsellatus
      Species - Coronaster eclipes
      Species - Coronaster halicepus
      Species - Coronaster marchenus
      Species - Coronaster pauciporis
      Species - Coronaster sakuranus
      Species - Coronaster reticulatus