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

      Direct Children

      Species - Nardoa variolata
      Species - Nardoa tuberculata
      Species - Nardoa frianti
      Species - Nardoa galatheae
      Species - Nardoa gomophia
      Species - Nardoa mamillifera
      Species - Nardoa novaecaledoniae
      Species - Nardoa rosea
      Species - Nardoa tumulosa