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

      Direct Children

      Species - Lignydesmus eutypus
      Species - Lignydesmus insulanus
      Species - Lignydesmus panamanus
      Species - Lignydesmus projectus
      Species - Lignydesmus sculptilis