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Checklist for Superorder Merocheta Cook, 1895
and region Orleans Parish (Louisiana, USA)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		8
9
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
8
9
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
8
9
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
4
5
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Orleans Parish
4 Families width 5 Species
Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)1SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Orleans Parish
5 Genera with 5 Species
Eurymerodesmus Brolemann, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Koreoaria Verhoeff, 01SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Pachydesmus Cook, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 19421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Orleans Parish
5 Species
Eurymerodesmus simplex Chamberlin, 1920
Koreoaria amoea
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Pachydesmus crassicutis Hoffman, 1958Elegant helicellid
Pseudopolydesmus neoterus Chamberlin, 1942Coalinga shoulderband

Subnodes of Merocheta with occurrences in Orleans Parish
OrderPolydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		4
5
5		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



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