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- Myriapoda (13 583)
- Class Chilopoda (6)
- Class Diplopoda (12 940)
- Subclass Chilognatha (12 779)
- Infraclass Helminthomorpha (11 992)
- Subterclass Colobognatha (298)
- Subterclass Eugnatha (11 693)
- Superorder Juliformia (4 368)
- Superorder Merocheta (5 647)
- Order Polydesmida (5 647)
- Suborder Dalodesmidea (378)
- Suborder Leptodesmidea (2 279)
- Suborder Paradoxosomatidea accepted as Strongylosomatidea
- Suborder Polydesmidea (1 605)
- Infraorder Oniscodesmoides (487)
- Infraorder Polydesmoides (1 075)
- Superfamily Haplodesmoidea Cook, 1895 (107)
- Superfamily Opisostretoidea Hoffman, 1980
- Superfamily Polydesmoidea Leach, 1815 (662)
- Family Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 1880 (153)
- Subfamily Aporodesminae Brölemann, 1916
- Subfamily Cryptodesminae Karsch, 1880 (68)
- Subfamily Hexodontiinae Verhoeff, 1941
- Subfamily Niponiinae Verhoeff, 1931
- Subfamily Otodesminae Cook, 1896 (31)
- Subfamily Pterodesminae Cook, 1895 (47)
- Tribe Lampodesmini Hoffman, 1973 (5)
- Tribe Ophrydesmini Hoffman, 1973 (9)
- Tribe Pterodesmini Cook, 1895 (33)
- Genus Aporodesmus Porat, 1894 (15)
- Species Aporodesmus cupulifer Porat, 1894
- Species Aporodesmus dentiger Carl, 1909
- Species Aporodesmus falcatus Porat, 1894
- Species Aporodesmus fractus Chamberlin, 1927
- Species Aporodesmus gabonicus (Lucas, 1858)
- Species Aporodesmus graueri Attems, 1927
- Species Aporodesmus kuako Porat, 1894
- Species Aporodesmus limacinus Porat, 1894
- Species Aporodesmus medjicolens Chamberlin, 1927
- Species Aporodesmus minimus Mauriès, 1967
- Species Aporodesmus moderatus Chamberlin, 1927
- Species Aporodesmus perlatus Porat, 1894
- Species Aporodesmus pulcher Porat, 1894
- Species Aporodesmus sellae Silvestri, 1907
- Species Aporodesmus spinatus Porat, 1894
- Species Aporodesmus subrectangulus Porat, 1894 accepted as Cryptodesmus subrectangulus (Porat, 1894)
- Species Aporodesmus weberi (Pocock, 1894) accepted as Cryptodesmus weberi Pocock, 1894
- Genus Compsodesmus Cook, 1896 accepted as Aporodesmus Porat, 1894 (7)
- Genus Endioporus Attems, 1953 accepted as Aporodesmus Porat, 1894 (1)
- Genus Nimbaporodesmus Demange & Mauriès, 1975 (2)
- Genus Pterodesmus Cook, 1896 (7)
- Genus Tanydesmus Cook, 1896 accepted as Aporodesmus Porat, 1894 (1)
- Subfamily Thelydesminae Cook, 1896 (6)
- Genus Carinocryptus Golovatch, 2018 (1)
- Family Polydesmidae Leach, 1815 (509)
- Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea Verhoeff, 1910 (306)
- Superfamily Stylodesmoidea
- Family Haplosomatidae Silvestri, 1895
- Family Polydesmidea incertae sedis (43)
- Suborder Strongylosomatidea (1 385)
- Superfamily Opisotretoidea Hoffman, 1980
- Family Anoplodesmidae Pocock, 1909 accepted as Sulciferini Attems, 1898
- Family Atopogonidae Verhoeff, 1941
- Family Ceratesmidae Chamberlin, 1942 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Chatelaineidae Cook, 1911 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Chytodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Comodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Crypturodesmidae Silvestri, 1897 accepted as Oniscodesmidae De Saussure, 1860
- Family Cyclodesmidae Silvestri, 1895 accepted as Sphaeriodesminae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
- Family Cylindrodesmidae Pocock, 1898
- Family Decaporodesmidae Kenyon, 1899 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Desmonidae Cook, 1898 accepted as Desmonini Cook, 1898
- Family Devilleidae Silvestri, 1903 accepted as Devilleini Silvestri, 1903
- Family Eoromidae Loomis, 1936 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Ergethidae Chamberlin, 1949
- Family Eroonsomidae Manfredi, 1943 accepted as Eroonsomatini Manfredi, 1943
- Family Eutynellidae Chamberlin, 1940
- Family Fontariidae Attems, 1926 accepted as Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895
- Family Haplosomidae Silvestri, 1895 accepted as Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895
- Family Helodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Helodesminae Cook, 1896
- Family Hercodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Hylomidae Cook & Loomis, 1924 accepted as Hylomini Cook & Loomis, 1924
- Family Hynidesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Icosidesmidae Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Kiusiunidae Verhoeff, 1942
- Family Macellolophidae Attems, 1940 accepted as Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895
- Family Mastigonodesmidae Attems, 1914 accepted as Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910
- Family Niponiellidae Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Niponiini Verhoeff, 1931
- Family Onomatoplanidae Schubart, 1956 accepted as Niponiini Verhoeff, 1931
- Family Otodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Otodesminae Cook, 1896
- Family Peridontodesmidae Pocock, 1909 accepted as Peridontodesmini Pocock, 1909
- Family Pratinidae Schubart, 1939 accepted as Hylomini Cook & Loomis, 1924
- Family Prionopeltidae Verhoeff, 1924 accepted as Hylomini Cook & Loomis, 1924
- Family Pterodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Pterodesminae Cook, 1895
- Family Scytonotidae Cook & Loomis, 1924 accepted as Polydesmidae Leach, 1815
- Family Semnosomatidae Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Sigmocheiridae Causey, 1955 accepted as Sigmocheirini Causey, 1955
- Family Sphaerotrichopodidae Attems, 1914 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Stiodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Strongylosomatidae Cook, 1895 accepted as Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889
- Family Stylodesmidae Cook, 1895 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Telonychopodidae Verhoeff, 1951
- Family Thelydesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Thelydesminae Cook, 1896
- Family Trachelorhachidae Silvestri, 1898 accepted as Aphelidesmini Brölemann, 1916
- Family Vanhoeffeniidae Attems, 1914 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Xyodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Prepodesminae Cook, 1896
- Superorder Nematophora (1 676)
- Order Siphoniulida (2)
- Family Hexecontasomatidae Hannibal, 2000 † (1)
- Family Oklahomasomatidae Hannibal & May, 2020 †
- Genus Dolesea Hannibal & May, 2020 †
- Infraclass Pentazonia (786)
- Order Zosterogrammida † (1)
- Subclass Penicillata (161)
- Class Euthycarcinoidea †
- Class Pauropoda (534)
- Class Symphyla (103)
