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 - 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

      Species - Planaria torva
      Species - Planaria barroisi
      Species - Planaria gigas
      Species - Planaria fuliginosus
      Species - Planaria ignorata
      Species - Planaria kempi
      Species - Planaria flava
      Species - Planaria fontana
      Species - Planaria onegensis
      Species - Planaria punctatum
      Species - Planaria rosea
      Species - Planaria simplex
      Species - Planaria luteola
      Species - Planaria maculata
      Species - Planaria marmorosa
      Species - Planaria nesidensis
      Species - Planaria tremellaris
      Species - Planaria unionicola
      Species - Planaria verrucosa
      Species - Planaria velellae