NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Suborder

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Comatulida
  Subclass - Articulata
  Class - Crinoidea
  Subphylum - Crinozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Comasteridae
      Family - Eudiocrinidae
      Family - Zygometridae
      Family - Himerometridae
      Family - Mariametridae
      Family - Colobometridae
      Family - Tropiometridae
      Family - Calometridae
      Family - Thalassometridae
      Family - Charitometridae