Compendium of Biota - The Tree of Life

The Compendium of biota of the Bay of Bengal is classified with the taxonomic system of Cavalier-Smith (1998, 2004). Each table page of the Compendium represents a taxon node in the tree of life. A page includes the single path of nodes to the root of the classification, and a table of child nodes. All taxon nodes are links to their respective pages. Click on lower ranking taxa to extend the table towards the bottom of the tree. The tree bottom contains additional information particular to species, such as authority, references and contributors.

Table colums can be sorted alphabetically up or down by clicking on column headers.

Item count: 6358
Superkingdom Kingdom Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Subspecies Occurrence Authoritysort descending References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nassariidae Nassariinae Nassarius Nassarius bifaria Andaman Islands (Baird, 1873)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristeus virilis Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Plesiopenaeus armatus Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Gennadas parvus Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Hymenopenaeus neptunus Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis tenella Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeus fissurus Ganjam coast and Andamans (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Hymenopenaeus equalis off Parangipettai, off Nellore, and Andaman Sea (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera pectinata Kakinada, Visakhapatnam and Andamans (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Puerulus angulatus Off Great Nicobar Island (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Muricopsinae Favartia(Favartia) Favartia(Favartia) balteata Andaman Islands (Beck in Sowerby, 1841)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Anapagurus laevis Visakhapatnam (Bell, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Arminidae Linguella quadrilateralis Nicobars (Bergh, 1806)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Arminidae Armina semperi Andaman Islands (Bergh, 1861)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Sacoglossa Plakobranchacea Plakobranchidae Elysia pusilla Nicobars (Bergh, 1871)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Phyllidiidae Phyllidiella rosans Andaman Islands (Bergh, 1873)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Chromodorididae Durvilledoris pusilla Andaman Islands (Bergh, 1874)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Gymnodorididae Gymnodoris citrina Andaman Islands (Bergh, 1875)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Arminidae Armina cygnea Nicobars (Bergh, 1876)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Dorididae Halgerda tessellata Nicobars, Tamil Nadu (Bergh, 1880)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Phyllidiidae Phyllidiopsis striata Andaman Islands (Bergh, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Sacoglossa Plakobranchacea Plakobranchidae Thuridilla moebii Andaman Islands, Tamil Nadu (Bergh, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Arminidae Armina variolosa Andhra Pradesh (Bergh, 1904)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Gymnodorididae Gymnodoris rubropapulosa Nicobar Islands (Bergh, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Polyceridae Nembrotha lineolata Andaman Islands (Bergh, 1905)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Avrainvillea erecta (Berk.) Gepp.& Gepp., 1990
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Antithamnionella elegans var.elegans (Berth.) Price & John , 1999, 2000
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Ranellinae Cymatiinae Ranularia Ranularia andamanensis andamanensis Andaman Islands (Beu, 1987)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Thecosomata Euthecosomata Cavoliniidae Diacria qudridentata Bay of Bengal (Blainville, 1821)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Coralliophila Coralliophila monodonta Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Blainville, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Morula(Morula) Morula(Morula) marginalba Nicobar Islands (Blainville, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Morula(Habromorula) Morula(Habromorula) biconica East Coast, Andaman & Nicobar Is (Blainville, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Pascula Pascula ochrostoma Andaman Islands (Blainville, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Rapaninae Drupina Drupina lobata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Blainville, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Rapaninae Thais(Mancinella) Thais(Mancinella) echinata Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Blainville, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Cynoglossus monopus (Bleeker, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Sciaenidae Pennahia aneus (Bleeker, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Scombridae Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker, 1851)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Scombridae Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (Bleeker, 1851)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Cynoglossus lida (Bleeker, 1851)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Cynoglossus kopsii (Bleeker, 1851)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Paraplagusia blochii (Bleeker, 1851)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Muraenesocidae Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Nemipteridae Nemipterus mesoprion (Bleeker, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Sciaenidae Johnius borneensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Paralichthyidae Pseudorhombus javanicus (Bleeker, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Paralichthyidae Pseudorhombus oligodon (Bleeker, 1854)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Mullidae Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Acanthuridae Naso hexacanthus Indo Pecific (Bleeker, 1855)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Nemipteridae Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker, 1857)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Soleidae Pseudaesopia japonica (Bleeker, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Arnoglossus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1865)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Grammatobothus polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1865)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Syngnathidae Micrognathus andersonii Indo-West Pacific Area (Bleeker, 858)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Narcinidae Narcine timlei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Engraulidae Thryssa mystax (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Lactariidae Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Menidae Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Lutjanidae Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Sciaenidae Nibea maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ephippidae Drepane longimana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Scombridae Scomberomorus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Psettodidae Psettodes erumei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Paralichthyidae Pseudorhombus triocellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Cynoglossus arel (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Tetraodontidae Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Gobiidae Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Soleidae Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Synanceiidae Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Triacanthidae Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Leiognathidae Secutor insidiator (Bloch, 1787)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ephippidae Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Latidae Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Lobotidae Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Nemipteridae Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Lutjanidae Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Haemulidae Pomadasys maculatum (Bloch, 1793)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Synodontidae Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Apolectidae Stromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Leiognathidae Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Dasyatidae Himantura bleekeri (Blyth, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Thecosomata Euthecosomata Cliidae Clio convexa Car Nicobar (Boas, 1886)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Phaeophyceae Asteronema rhodochortonoides (Boerg) Muell.& Paro., 1955b, 2010
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Gelidiella myriocladia (Boerg.) Feld. et Hamel , 1970
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Aglaothammion cordatum (Boerg.) Feldmann – mazoyer , 1970
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Botryocladia skottsbergii (Boerg.) Lerv., 1983
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Spyridia hypnoides (Boerg.) Papen., 2001, 1985
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Pterocladia heteroplatos (Boerg.) Umamaheswar & Kalia., 1980
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Scombridae Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Crouania attenuata (Bonne.) J. Ag., 1999
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Litopenaeus vannamei Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh (Boone, 1931)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Planaxidae Planaxis Planaxis sulcatus sulcatus Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Born, 1778)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Tonna Tonna sulcosa sulcosa Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Born, 1778)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Olividae Agaroniinae Agaronia Agaronia gibbosa Orissa, W. Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andaman Islands (Born, 1778)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium pectiniforme Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea (Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Muricinae Naquetia Naquetia triqueter Andaman Islands (Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Rapaninae Rapana Rapana rapiformes Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Born, 1780)

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