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 - Xystocheirini
  Family - Xystodesmidae
  Suborder - Chelodesmidea
  Order - Polydesmida
  Subclass - Helminthomorpha
  Class - Diplopoda
  Subphylum - Myriapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Motyxia kerna
      Species - Motyxia monica
      Species - Motyxia pior
      Species - Motyxia porrecta
      Species - Motyxia sequoia
      Species - Motyxia sequoiae
      Species - Motyxia tularea