-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Myriapods (Subphylum Myriapoda)

-Millipedes (Class Diplopoda)

-Chilognathan Millipedes (Subclass Chilognatha)

-Worm-like Millipedes (Infraclass Helminthomorpha)

-Subterclass Eugnatha

-Superorder Merocheta

-Flat-backed Millipedes (Order Polydesmida)

-Suborder Strongylosomatidea

-Family Paradoxosomatidae

-Subfamily Paradoxosomatinae

-Tribe Sulciferini

-Genus Oxidus

-Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)

Greenhouse (or Garden) millipedes feed only on decaying organic matter and consequently do not harm living plants unless the soil dries out to the point that the millipedes then feed on roots to obtain moisture. Greenhouse millipedes feed only on decaying organic matter and consequently do not harm living plants unless the soil dries out to the point that the millipedes then feed on roots to obtain moisture.