NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Discocelidae
  Superfamily - Ilyplanoidea
  Suborder - Acotylea
  Order - Polycladida
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Discocelis fulva
      Species - Discocelis japonica
      Species - Discocelis hollemani
      Species - Discocelis lichenoides
      Species - Discocelis lactea
      Species - Discocelis tigrina
      Species - Discocelis pusilla
      Species - Discocelis parvimaculata
      Species - Discocelis persica