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

      Direct Children

      Species - Peridontodesmus cordobanus
      Species - Peridontodesmus electus
      Species - Peridontodesmus eutropis
      Species - Peridontodesmus flagellatus
      Species - Peridontodesmus hirsutus
      Species - Peridontodesmus medius
      Species - Peridontodesmus morelus
      Species - Peridontodesmus parvus
      Species - Peridontodesmus phanus
      Species - Peridontodesmus punctatus
      Species - Peridontodesmus zilchi