NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Heliometra glacialis maxima
      Subspecies - Heliometra glacialis glacialis