Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians |
| subdivisio | Deuterostomia - deuterostomes |
| phylum | Echinodermata Bruguière, 1791 - echinoderms |
| subphylum | Asterozoa |
| class | Asteroidea De Blainville, 1830 |
| order | Hemizonida Spencer, 1951 † |
| family | Taeniactinidae Spencer, 1927 † |