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 - Asteriidae
  Order - Forcipulatida
  Superorder - Forcipulatacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Anasterias antarctica
      Species - Anasterias directa
      Species - Anasterias mawsoni
      Species - Anasterias asterinoides
      Species - Anasterias laevigata
      Species - Anasterias antipodum
      Species - Anasterias sphoerulata
      Species - Anasterias perrieri
      Species - Anasterias rupicola
      Species - Anasterias spirabilis
      Species - Anasterias studeri
      Species - Anasterias suteri
      Species - Anasterias pedicellaris
      Species - Anasterias varia