Incorrect color code for a species?

Here are all the colors that iNaturalist uses and what they generally mean:

Green = Plants
Red = Insects, Molluscs, Arachnids,
Blue = Ray finned fishes, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals, and “Other Animals”
Pink (kind of a Magenta) = Fungi Including Lichens
Brown Red = Kelp, Diatoms, and Allies
Purple = Protozoans
Gray = Unknown, Prokaryotes, Bacteria, and Viruses (see discussion of the problems with this grey icon here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/icon-color-for-prokaryota/1464)

Apheloria virginiensis would fall under the “Other Animals”, which includes an assortment of organisms like Myriapods, Cartilaginous fish, Crustaceans, Flatworms and Worms, Sea Stars, Rotifers, etc.

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