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 - Dugesiidae
  Superfamily - Geoplanoidea
  Subsection - Continenticola
  Section - Tricladida
  Infraorder - Adiaphanida
  Suborder - Eulecithophora
  Order - Neoophora
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Spathula ochyra
      Species - Spathula simplex
      Species - Spathula truculenta
      Species - Spathula tryssa
      Species - Spathula neara
      Species - Spathula musculosa
      Species - Spathula agelaea
      Species - Spathula alba
      Species - Spathula camara
      Species - Spathula dittae
      Species - Spathula foeni
      Species - Spathula gourbaultae
      Species - Spathula limicola
      Species - Spathula miserabile