NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Suborder

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Polydesmida
  Subclass - Helminthomorpha
  Class - Diplopoda
  Subphylum - Myriapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Chelodesmidae
      Family - Eurymerodesmidae
      Family - Euryuridae
      Family - Xystodesmidae
      Family - Aphelidesmidae
      Family - Platyrhacidae
      Family - Sphaeriodesmidae
      Family - Holistophallidae
      Family - Rhachodesmidae
      Family - Tridontomidae