NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Leptychaster
  Family - Astropectinidae
  Order - Paxillosida
  Superorder - Valvatacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Leptychaster anomalus
      Species - Leptychaster arcticus
      Species - Leptychaster pacificus
      Species - Leptychaster propinquus
      Species - Leptychaster kerguelenensis
      Species - Leptychaster magnificus
      Species - Leptychaster flexuosus
      Species - Leptychaster melchiorensis
      Species - Leptychaster antarcticus