NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Oreasteridae
  Order - Valvatida
  Superorder - Valvatacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pentaceraster cumingi
      Species - Pentaceraster horridus
      Species - Pentaceraster tuberculatus
      Species - Pentaceraster multispinus
      Species - Pentaceraster gracilis
      Species - Pentaceraster regulus
      Species - Pentaceraster mammillatus
      Species - Pentaceraster decipiens
      Species - Pentaceraster sibogae
      Species - Pentaceraster westermanni
      Species - Pentaceraster chinensis
      Species - Pentaceraster affinis
      Species - Pentaceraster alveolatus