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 - Xystocheir bistipita
      Species - Xystocheir brachymacris
      Species - Xystocheir dissecta
      Species - Xystocheir modestior
      Species - Xystocheir prolixorama
      Species - Xystocheir reducta
      Species - Xystocheir solenofurcata
      Species - Xystocheir stenomacris
      Species - Xystocheir stolonifera