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 modestus
      Species - Echinaster sepositus
      Species - Echinaster luzonicus
      Species - Echinaster stereosomus
      Species - Echinaster superbus
      Species - Echinaster varicolor
      Species - Echinaster arcystatus
      Species - Echinaster cylindricus
      Species - Echinaster glomeratus
      Species - Echinaster panamensis
      Species - Echinaster parvispinus
      Species - Echinaster colemani
      Species - Echinaster farquhari
      Species - Echinaster smithi
      Species - Echinaster purpureus
      Species - Echinaster callosus
      Species - Echinaster reticulatus