NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Echinaster
  Family - Echinasteridae
  Order - Spinulosida
  Superorder - Spinulosacea
  Class - Asteroidea
  Subphylum - Asterozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Echinaster serpentarius
      Species - Echinaster brasiliensis
      Species - Echinaster spinulosus
      Species - Echinaster sentus
      Species - Echinaster echinophorus
      Species - Echinaster graminicola
      Species - Echinaster guyanensis
      Species - Echinaster paucispinus
      Species - Echinaster aculeata
      Species - Echinaster tenuispinus