NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Polycelis
  Family - Planariidae
  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 - Polycelis nigra viganensis
      Subspecies - Polycelis nigra brunnea
      Subspecies - Polycelis nigra ehrenbergi
      Subspecies - Polycelis nigra panniculata
      Subspecies - Polycelis nigra nigra