Family Desmosomatidae

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Subphylum Crustacea (crustaceans)
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  Class Malacostraca (crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimp, and relatives)
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  Subclass Eumalacostraca
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  Superorder Peracarida
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  Order Isopoda (pillbugs and sowbugs)
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  Suborder Asellota
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  Family Desmosomatidae
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  Genus Balbidocolon
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  Genus Chelator
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  Genus Cryodesma
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  Genus Desmosoma
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  Genus Desmosomella
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  Genus Disparella
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  Genus Echinopleura
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  Genus Eugerda
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  Genus Eugerdella
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  Genus Ilychthonos
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  Genus Mirabilicoxa
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  Genus Momedossa
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  Genus Oecidiobranchus
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  Genus Paradesmosoma
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  Genus Prochelator
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  Genus Pseudogerda
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  Genus Reductosoma
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  Genus Thaumastosoma
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  Genus Thaumostoma
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  Genus Torwolia
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  Genus Whoia