NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Ophiacanthidae
  Suborder - Laemophiurina
  Order - Ophiurida
  Class - Ophiuroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ophiacantha adiaphora
      Species - Ophiacantha atopostoma
      Species - Ophiacantha bathybia
      Species - Ophiacantha bidentata
      Species - Ophiacantha enneactis
      Species - Ophiacantha lepidota
      Species - Ophiacantha macrarthra
      Species - Ophiacantha nutrix
      Species - Ophiacantha rhachophora
      Species - Ophiacantha trachybactra
      Species - Ophiacantha gratiosa
      Species - Ophiacantha littoralis
      Species - Ophiacantha abyssicola
      Species - Ophiacantha anomala
      Species - Ophiacantha aristata
      Species - Ophiacantha phragma
      Species - Ophiacantha abyssa
      Species - Ophiacantha eurythra