NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Spatangidae
  Suborder - Micrasterina
  Order - Spatangoida
  Superorder - Atelostomata
  Subclass - Euechinoidea
  Class - Echinoidea
  Subphylum - Echinozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Nacospatangus laevis
      Species - Nacospatangus depressus