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 - Toxopneustidae
  Order - Temnopleuroida
  Superorder - Echinacea
  Subclass - Euechinoidea
  Class - Echinoidea
  Subphylum - Echinozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lytechinus variegatus
      Species - Lytechinus pictus
      Species - Lytechinus euerces
      Species - Lytechinus williamsi
      Species - Lytechinus callipeplus
      Species - Lytechinus anamesus