Taxonomy Lineage

Lineage Browser

Walk upward from a selected taxon through the parent chain and jump back into the taxonomy browser at any step.

Selected Taxon

Ophidiaster

The lineage is ordered from the selected organism upward toward higher-level taxonomy.

Starting point: Ophidiaster
Level 1: Ophidiasteridae (family)
Level 2: Valvatida (order)
Level 3: Valvatacea (superorder)
Level 4: Asteroidea (class)
Level 5: Asterozoa (superclass)
Level 6: Eleutherozoa (no rank)
Level 7: Echinodermata (phylum)
Level 8: Deuterostomia (no rank)
Level 9: Coelomata (no rank)
Level 10: Bilateria (no rank)
Level 11: Eumetazoa (no rank)
Level 12: Animalia (kingdom)
Level 13: Fungi/Metazoa group (no rank)
Level 14: Eucarya (superkingdom)
Level 15: biota (no rank)
Level 16: all (no rank)