Polydesmida

General description: 

Originally proposed by Pocock (1887: 293)[1] as suborder Polydesmoidea, order Helmintomorpha.

References

  1. R. I. Pocock, «On the classification of the Diplopoda», The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, ser. 5, vol. 20, n.º 118, pp. 283-295, 1887.
Taxonomic name: 
Polydesmida (Taxonomy)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith