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

      Direct Children

      Species - Myrmecodesmus aconus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus amaurus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus amplus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus analogous
      Species - Myrmecodesmus atopus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus brevis
      Species - Myrmecodesmus chamberlini
      Species - Myrmecodesmus chipinqueus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus clarus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus colotlipa
      Species - Myrmecodesmus cornutus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus egenus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus digitatus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus errabundus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus gelidus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus formicarius
      Species - Myrmecodesmus fractus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus ilymoides
      Species - Myrmecodesmus inornatus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus monasticus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus modestus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus morelus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus mundus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus obscurus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus orizaba
      Species - Myrmecodesmus potosinus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus sabinus
      Species - Myrmecodesmus unicorn