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

      Direct Children

      Species - Astroceramus brachyactis
      Species - Astroceramus callimorphus
      Species - Astroceramus denticulatus
      Species - Astroceramus lionotus
      Species - Astroceramus cadessus
      Species - Astroceramus fisheri
      Species - Astroceramus sphaeriostictus
      Species - Astroceramus boninensis
      Species - Astroceramus eldredgei