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

      Direct Children

      Species - Asterodiscides bicornutus
      Species - Asterodiscides tuberculosus
      Species - Asterodiscides culcitulus
      Species - Asterodiscides macroplax
      Species - Asterodiscides multispinus
      Species - Asterodiscides pinguiculus
      Species - Asterodiscides soleae
      Species - Asterodiscides japonicus
      Species - Asterodiscides lacrimulus
      Species - Asterodiscides grayi
      Species - Asterodiscides truncatus
      Species - Asterodiscides belli
      Species - Asterodiscides crosnieri
      Species - Asterodiscides helonotus
      Species - Asterodiscides tessellatus
      Species - Asterodiscides fourmanoiri
      Species - Asterodiscides cherbonnieri
      Species - Asterodiscides elegans