living organisms
 see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
  
 Superkingdom Eukaryotae
 see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
    
 Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
      
 Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
        
 Phylum Echinodermata Bruguière, 1789 - echinoderms
          
 Subphylum Asterozoa von Zittel, 1895
 see Infraphylum Asterozoa von Zittel, 1895
            
 Class Stelleroidea Lamarck, 1816
 see Subphylum Asterozoa von Zittel, 1895
              
 Subclass Asteroidea Blainville, 1830 - starfishes
 see Class Asteroidea Blainville, 1830
                
 Order Forcipulata
 see Order Forcipulatida Perrier, 1884
                  
 Family Asteriidae Gray, 1840
                    
 Genus Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
                      
 Asterias forbesi Desor