Information: Phylum Echinodermata
Dr. Hieber, Invertebrate Zoology (Bi 38)


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Taxonomy: Phylum Echinodermata
Dr. Hieber, Invertebrate Zoology (Bi 38)


 ~ This is the current taxonomic hierarchy for the Echinoderms to Class as outlined in Brusca & Brusca (pgs. 804-806), and presented in your lab manual. You are responsible for knowing only those taxonomic ranks that are highlighted, and the specimens presented in laboratory representative of each of those ranks.


    Phylum Echinodermata
    • Subphylum Pelmatozoa
      • Class Crinoidea
    • Subphylum Eleutherozoa
      • Class Asteroidea
      • Class Concentricycloidea
      • Class Ophiuroidea
      • Class Echinoidea
      • Class Holothuroidea

 ~ Here are links to sites with taxonomic information about echinoderms, or alternate hierachies for these groups.