NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subclass - Pleurostigmophora
  Class - Chilopoda
  Subphylum - Myriapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Schendylidae
      Family - Geophilidae
      Family - Aphilodontidae
      Family - Ballophilidae
      Family - Dignathodontidae
      Family - Gonibregmatidae
      Family - Himantariidae
      Family - Linotaeniidae
      Family - Macronicophilidae
      Family - Mecistocephalidae
      Family - Neogeophilidae
      Family - Oryidae