NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Messicobolus amulensis
      Species - Messicobolus cinctus
      Species - Messicobolus collaris
      Species - Messicobolus cratus
      Species - Messicobolus distinctus
      Species - Messicobolus eximius
      Species - Messicobolus godmani
      Species - Messicobolus hoogstraali
      Species - Messicobolus hoplomerus
      Species - Messicobolus magnificus
      Species - Messicobolus monticola
      Species - Messicobolus mundus
      Species - Messicobolus mystecus
      Species - Messicobolus pictus
      Species - Messicobolus pilsbryi
      Species - Messicobolus raui
      Species - Messicobolus santanus
      Species - Messicobolus semiserratus
      Species - Messicobolus stolli
      Species - Messicobolus tardus
      Species - Messicobolus tepanecus
      Species - Messicobolus totonacus
      Species - Messicobolus tzendalus
      Species - Messicobolus virilis
      Species - Messicobolus zonatus