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

      Direct Children

      Species - Desmonus acclivus
      Species - Desmonus atophus
      Species - Desmonus austrus
      Species - Desmonus conjunctus
      Species - Desmonus curtus
      Species - Desmonus crassus
      Species - Desmonus distinctus
      Species - Desmonus earlei
      Species - Desmonus inordinatus
      Species - Desmonus pudicus