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: 2005

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 - Speodesmus aquiliensis
      Species - Speodesmus bicornourus
      Species - Speodesmus echinourus
      Species - Speodesmus tuganbius
      Species - Speodesmus castellanus
      Species - Speodesmus falcatus
      Species - Speodesmus ivyi
      Species - Speodesmus reddelli