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Ampheraster
Taxonomic Serial Number: 157300

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Ampheraster chiroplus
      Species - Ampheraster marianus
      Species - Ampheraster atactus
      Species - Ampheraster alaminos
      Species - Ampheraster distichopus
      Species - Ampheraster hyperonchus