NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Leptasterias
  Family - Asteriidae
  Order - Forcipulatida
  Superorder - Forcipulatacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Leptasterias alaskensis
      Species - Leptasterias camtschatica
      Species - Leptasterias coei
      Species - Leptasterias hexactis
      Species - Leptasterias leptodoma
      Species - Leptasterias polaris
      Species - Leptasterias polymorpha
      Species - Leptasterias schmidti