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Checklist for Superorder Merocheta Cook, 1895
and region Crete (Aegean Islands, Greece)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		8
21
28		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
8
21
28		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
8
21
28		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
2
5
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Crete
2 Families width 6 Species
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes4SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 18892SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Crete
5 Genera with 6 Species
Brachydesmus Heller, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Cretodesmus Strasser, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Lohmanderodesmus Schubart, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1903Flat Backed Millipedes3SpeciesTaxom
Stosatea Gray, 19011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Crete
6 Species
Cretodesmus obliquus Strasser, 1974
Lohmanderodesmus galeatus Schubart, 1934Banded woollybear
Polydesmus graecus (Daday, 1889)⇒ Polydesmus syrensis Verhoeff, 1903
Polydesmus rubelus Attems, 1902
Polydesmus syrensis Verhoeff, 1903
Stosatea cretica Verhoeff, 1901

Subnodes of Merocheta with occurrences in Crete
OrderPolydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		2
5
6		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Merocheta at artfakta.se
Merocheta at marinespecies.org