Overview
A taxonomic subclass.
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Taxonomy
The Subclass Helminthomorpha is a member of the Class Diplopoda. Here is the complete "parentage" of Helminthomorpha:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Superclass: Myriapoda
Latreille, 1802 - myriapods
- Class: Diplopoda
- millipedes
- Subclass: Helminthomorpha 1958
- Class: Diplopoda
- millipedes
- Superclass: Myriapoda
Latreille, 1802 - myriapods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subclass Helminthomorpha is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Order (5): Callipodida · Chordeumatida · Polydesmida · Spirobolida · Spirostreptida
Orders
Callipodida
Chordeumatida
Polydesmida
Spirobolida
The order Spirobolida is a species-rich (more than 900 described species) and important group of . Most spirobolids live in the tropics, and like the majority of millipedes, members of the order are all detritivores. Species are often large and conspicuous, and at least in the United States, are often used as classroom representatives for the class Diplopoda. Taxonomically, it is a relatively neglected group with only two revised families, and both revisions dating back more than 40 years. [more]
Spirostreptida
Spirostreptida is an of millipedes. [more]
At least 1,888 species and subspecies belong to the Order Spirostreptida.
More info about the Order Spirostreptida may be found here.
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