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 - Tamaria floridae
      Species - Tamaria halperni
      Species - Tamaria passiflora
      Species - Tamaria tenella
      Species - Tamaria giffordensis
      Species - Tamaria fusca
      Species - Tamaria marmorata
      Species - Tamaria lithosora
      Species - Tamaria dubiosa
      Species - Tamaria hirsuta
      Species - Tamaria megaloplax
      Species - Tamaria obstipa
      Species - Tamaria ornata
      Species - Tamaria pusilla
      Species - Tamaria scleroderma
      Species - Tamaria stria
      Species - Tamaria triseriata
      Species - Tamaria tumescens