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

      Direct Children

      Species - Ophiothrix spiculata
      Species - Ophiothrix angulata
      Species - Ophiothrix fragilis
      Species - Ophiothrix suensonii
      Species - Ophiothrix lineata
      Species - Ophiothrix rudis
      Species - Ophiothrix brachyactis
      Species - Ophiothrix oerstedii
      Species - Ophiothrix luetkeni