Spirostreptidea (Suborder)

Overview

A taxonomic suborder.

The Suborder Spirostreptidea is a member of the Order Spirostreptida. Here is the complete "parentage" of Spirostreptidea:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata
        Superclass: Myriapoda Latreille, 1802 - myriapods
        Class: Diplopoda Gervais, 1844 - Millipedes
        Subclass: Chilognatha
        Superorder: Helminthomorpha
        Order: Spirostreptida
        Suborder: Spirostreptidea

The Suborder Spirostreptidea is further organized into finer groupings including:

Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes. It contains the following genera: [more]

At least 958 species and subspecies belong to the Family Spirostreptidae.

More info about the Family Spirostreptidae may be found here.

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