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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Atlantic Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
6
8
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
6
8
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
6
8
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
3
4
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
3
4
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Atlantic Ocean
3 Families width 4 Species
Oxydesmidae Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)2SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Atlantic Ocean
4 Genera with 4 Species
Amurus Attems, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Atlantic Ocean
4 Species
Amurus drepanopus Attems, 1909
Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860Fringed mountainsnail
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Atlantic Ocean
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Polydesmida at artfakta.se
Polydesmida at dyntaxa.se
Polydesmida at gbif.org
Polydesmida at irmng.org
Polydesmida at itis.gov