Taxonomy
Domain: Eukarya
The Tiger Flatworm’s domain is of the Eukaryotes. Eukaryote means with nut, which justforeshadows the fact that all Eukaryotes have a nucleus.
Kingdom: Animallia
The kingdom for this creature is of the Animalia. The Tiger Flatworm is in this category because it is a living animal that is multicellular.
Phylum/Division: Platyhelminthes
The phylum for this organism is Platyhelminthes. That basically means that it is a flatworm that does not contain a vertebrate and does not have any basic body systems so it can be flat and allow oxygen to pass through them by diffusion.
Class: Turbellaria
The Tiger Flatworm is of the Turbellaria class. This is a class of organisms that is mostly non-parasitic, allow oxygen to pass through their tissue, and most of these organisms are hermaphrodites.
Order: Polychladida
The order of this organism is Polycladida. That just means that these flatworms are diverse in nature and these are marine organisms that are associated with invertebrates like sponges and coral.
Family: Eurylephidae
The family of this organism is Eurylephidae. That just means that these flatworms are diversein nature and these are marine organisms that are associated with invertebrates like sponges and coral.
Genus: Maritigrella
The Genus of this flatworm is Maritigrella. That means that this species eats ascidians and sucks out animals with a tub called a pharynx.
Species: crozieri
The Tiger Flatworm down to the species level is crozieri. That means that its technical name is Pseudoceros crozieri.