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

  Family - Trichopetalidae
  Superfamily - Cleidogonoidea
  Suborder - Chordeumatidea
  Order - Chordeumatida
  Subclass - Helminthomorpha
  Class - Diplopoda
  Subphylum - Myriapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mexiterpes calenturas
      Species - Mexiterpes egeo
      Species - Mexiterpes fishi
      Species - Mexiterpes metallicus
      Species - Mexiterpes nogal
      Species - Mexiterpes sabinus
      Species - Mexiterpes sangregario