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 - Ophiactidae
  Suborder - Gnathophiurina
  Order - Ophiurida
  Class - Ophiuroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ophiactis savignyi
      Species - Ophiactis algicola
      Species - Ophiactis quinqueradia
      Species - Ophiactis plana
      Species - Ophiactis mulleri
      Species - Ophiactis simplex
      Species - Ophiactis cyanosticta
      Species - Ophiactis lymani
      Species - Ophiactis abyssicola
      Species - Ophiactis balli