NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Genus - Heliometra
      Genus - Florometra
      Genus - Hathrometra
      Genus - Antedon
      Genus - Stylometra
      Genus - Hypalometra
      Genus - Leptometra
      Genus - Psathyrometra
      Genus - Retiometra