NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Lysastrosoma anthosticta anthosticta
      Subspecies - Lysastrosoma anthosticta crassispina