NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Nyssodesmus alboalatus
      Species - Nyssodesmus antius
      Species - Nyssodesmus attemsi
      Species - Nyssodesmus concolor
      Species - Nyssodesmus fraternus
      Species - Nyssodesmus limonensis
      Species - Nyssodesmus luteolus
      Species - Nyssodesmus mimus
      Species - Nyssodesmus nicaraguanus
      Species - Nyssodesmus python
      Species - Nyssodesmus tristani
      Species - Nyssodesmus vialis