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Pentazonia

Myriapoda

Taxonomy
Pentazonia was named by Brandt (1833). It is extant.

It was assigned to Diplopoda by Hoffman (1969); to Helminthomorpha by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); and to Chilognatha by Shear and Edgecombe (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pentazonia Brandt
1969Pentazonia Hoffman p. 584
2008Pentazonia Štamberg and Zajíc p. 84
2010Pentazonia Shear and Edgecombe p. 181

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
classMyriapoda()
DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassPentazoniaBrandt 1833
infraclassPentazoniaBrandt 1833

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Infracl. Pentazonia Brandt 1833
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Or. Glomeridesmida Cook 1895
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Fm. Glomeridesmidae Latzel 1884
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G. Glomeridesmus Gervais 1844
Superor. Oniscomorpha Pocock 1887
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Or. †Amynilyspedida Hoffman 1969
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Fm. †Amynilyspedidae Hoffman 1969
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G. †Amynilyspes Scudder 1882
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Amynilyspes crescens Fritsch 1899
Amynilyspes fatimae Racheboeuf et al. 2004
Amynilyspes springhillensis Copeland 1957
Amynilyspes typicus Fritsch 1899
Amynilyspes wortheni Scudder 1882
Fm. †Sphaerherpestidae Fritsch 1899
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G. †Glomeropsis Fritsch 1895
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Glomeropsis crassa Fritsch 1899
Glomeropsis magna Fritsch 1899
Glomeropsis multicarinata Fritsch 1899
Glomeropsis ovalis Fritsch 1895
Or. Glomerida Cook 1895
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Fm. Glomerididae Leach 1815
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G. Glomeris Latreille 1802
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Glomeris denticulata Menge 1854
G. Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff 1910
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Hyleoglomeris groehni Wesener 2019
Invalid names: Sphaerotheriida Brandt 1833 [empty]
Or. †Zosterogrammida Wilson 2005
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Fm. †Zosterogrammidae Wilson 2005
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G. †Casiogrammus Wilson 2005
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Casiogrammus ichthyeros Wilson 2005
G. †Purkynia Fritsch 1899
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Purkynia lata Fritsch 1899
G. †Zosterogrammus Wilson 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available