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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Docodesmus alifer
      Species - Docodesmus angustus
      Species - Docodesmus brodzinskyi
      Species - Docodesmus cooki
      Species - Docodesmus coxalis
      Species - Docodesmus cubensis
      Species - Docodesmus eggletoni
      Species - Docodesmus grenadae
      Species - Docodesmus griseus
      Species - Docodesmus haitiensis
      Species - Docodesmus maculatus
      Species - Docodesmus maldonadoi
      Species - Docodesmus parvior
      Species - Docodesmus sculpturatus
      Species - Docodesmus semiseptus
      Species - Docodesmus vidalius
      Species - Docodesmus vincentii