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 - Lophodesmus bituberculatus
      Species - Lophodesmus caraibianus
      Species - Lophodesmus celatus
      Species - Lophodesmus italolegatus
      Species - Lophodesmus perparvus
      Species - Lophodesmus petrinus
      Species - Lophodesmus rodriquezi
      Species - Lophodesmus shawcrossi
      Species - Lophodesmus zullinii