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Checklist for Superorder Merocheta Cook, 1895
and region U.S. Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		7
10
13		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
7
10
13		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
7
10
13		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
3
5
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for U.S. Virgin Islands
3 Families width 5 Species and 1 Subspecies
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)2SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae (Silvestri, 1896)2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for U.S. Virgin Islands
5 Genera with 5 Species
Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Poratia Cook & Cook, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Poratioides Loomis, 19701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for U.S. Virgin Islands
5 Species and 1 Subspecies
Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860Fringed mountainsnail
Gnomeskelus tuberosus urbanus Lawrence, 1962
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Poratia digitata Porat, 1889Mottled seahare
Poratioides virginalis (Loomis, 1970)⇒ Poratia digitata Porat, 1889

Subnodes of Merocheta with occurrences in U.S. Virgin Islands
OrderPolydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		3
5
5		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



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