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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Scytonotus australis
      Species - Scytonotus bergrothi
      Species - Scytonotus columbianus
      Species - Scytonotus granulatus
      Species - Scytonotus inornatus
      Species - Scytonotus insulanus
      Species - Scytonotus piger
      Species - Scytonotus simplex
      Species - Scytonotus virginicus