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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Polylepiscus actaeon
      Species - Polylepiscus burgeri
      Species - Polylepiscus campanulae
      Species - Polylepiscus furcifer
      Species - Polylepiscus heterosculptus
      Species - Polylepiscus major
      Species - Polylepiscus stolli
      Species - Polylepiscus trimaculatus
      Species - Polylepiscus vomeroi