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: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Petaserpetini
  Subfamily - Polyzoniinae
  Family - Polyzoniidae
  Order - Polyzoniida
  Subclass - Helminthomorpha
  Class - Diplopoda
  Subphylum - Myriapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Petaserpes bikermani
      Species - Petaserpes cryptocephalus
      Species - Petaserpes lateralis
      Species - Petaserpes mutabilis
      Species - Petaserpes rosalbus
      Species - Petaserpes strictus