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Checklist for Superorder Merocheta Cook, 1895
and region Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands)


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

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

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

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


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


Genera for 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 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 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