NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Dendrocoelum
  Family - Dendrocoelidae
  Superfamily - Planarioidea
  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

      Subspecies - Dendrocoelum lactea crenatum
      Subspecies - Dendrocoelum lactea croceum
      Subspecies - Dendrocoelum lactea bathycola
      Subspecies - Dendrocoelum lactea simplex
      Subspecies - Dendrocoelum lactea verbanense
      Subspecies - Dendrocoelum lactea lactea