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 - Goniodiscaster acanthodes
      Species - Goniodiscaster australiae
      Species - Goniodiscaster bicolor
      Species - Goniodiscaster foraminatus
      Species - Goniodiscaster insignis
      Species - Goniodiscaster integer
      Species - Goniodiscaster pleyadella
      Species - Goniodiscaster forficulatus
      Species - Goniodiscaster granuliferus
      Species - Goniodiscaster scaber
      Species - Goniodiscaster porosus
      Species - Goniodiscaster rugosus
      Species - Goniodiscaster seriatus
      Species - Goniodiscaster vallei