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 - Caraibodesmini
  Subfamily - Chelodesminae
  Family - Chelodesmidae
  Suborder - Chelodesmidea
  Order - Polydesmida
  Subclass - Helminthomorpha
  Class - Diplopoda
  Subphylum - Myriapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Caraibodesmus acutipes
      Species - Caraibodesmus bruesi
      Species - Caraibodesmus criniger
      Species - Caraibodesmus formosus
      Species - Caraibodesmus lewisi
      Species - Caraibodesmus mammatus
      Species - Caraibodesmus morantus
      Species - Caraibodesmus pellus
      Species - Caraibodesmus pictus
      Species - Caraibodesmus sculpturatus
      Species - Caraibodesmus verrucosus