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.

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Item count: 6358
Superkingdom Kingdom Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Genus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributorssort descending
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Phyllopharyngea Endogenida Dendrosomatidae Trichophrya Trichophrya. sp. Kalavati and Raman, 2008
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Phyllopharyngea Endogenida Tokophryidae Tokophrya Tokophrya sp. Kalavati and Raman, 2008
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Nassophorea Synhymeniida Orthodonellidae Orthodonella Orthodonella sp Bhatia, 1936
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Nassophorea Nassulida Nassulidae Nassula Nassula notata. Buddbr, 1911
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Nassophorea Nassulida Nassulidae Nassula Nassula citrea Kahl, 1933
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Nassophorea Nassulida Furgasoniidae Furgosonia Furgosonia sp Ratna Bharathi, 1998
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Nassophorea Peniculida Frontoniidae Frontonia Frontonia marina Fabre-Dorn, 1891
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Nassophorea Peniculida Uronychidae Diophrys Diophrys appendiculata Ehrenberg, 1838
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Hymenostomatida Tetrahymenidae Tetrahymena Tetrahymena pyriformis (complex) Ehrenberg, 1838
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Hymenostomatida Tetrahymenidae Tetrahymena Tetrahymena thermophila Nanney and Mc Coy, 1976
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Hymenostomatida Turaniellidae Colpidium Colpidium campylum Stokes, 1886
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Cryptochilidae Biggeria Biggeria ganapatii Kalavati and Raman, 2008
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Uronematidae Uronema Uronema marinum Dujardin, 1841
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Uronematidae Uronema Uronema nigricans Florentin, 1901
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Uronematidae Uronema Uronema. filificum Kahl, 1931
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Cyclidiidae Cyclidium Cyclidium citrullus Cohn, 1865
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Cyclidiidae Cristigera Cristigera phoenix Penard, 1922
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Pleuronematidae Pleuronema Pleuronema coronatum Kent, 1881
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Pleuronematidae Pleuronema Pleuronema setigerum Calkins, 1905
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Plagiopylea Plagiopylida Plagiopylidae Plagiopyla Plagiopyla nausuta. Stein, 1860
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Colpodea Cyrtolophosidida Woodruffiidae Woodruffia Woodruffia rostrata Kahl, 1931
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Colpodea Colpodida Colpodidae Colpoda Colpoda sp. Kalavati and Raman, 2008
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Birgus latro South Sentinel Island, Andaman (Linnaeus, 1767)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Coenobita cavipes Hugli River mouth to Gulf of Mannar, Andamans and Nicobars Stimpson, 1858
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Coenobita perlatus Andamans and Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Coenobita rugosus Lake Chilika to Gulf of Mannar, Andamans and Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Coenobita violascens Chennai Heller, 1862
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Aniculus ursus Tuticorin (Olivier, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Bathynarius albicinctus Off Cape Comorin (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Calcinus gaimardi Andamans and F93 Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Calcinus laevimanus Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar, Andamans (Randall, 1840)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Calcinus latens Andamans (Randall, 1840)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Ciliopagurus kremfi Tuticorin, Andamans (Forest, 1952)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Ciliopagurus strigatus Tuticorin, Andamans (Herbst, 1804)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Ciliopagurus tenebrarum Cape Comorin (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius arethusa Visakhapatnam to Gulf of Mannar De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius clibanarius Mouth of Hugli to Cuddalore (Herbst, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius corallinus Andamans and Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius infraspinatus Hugli River to Gulf of Mannar (Hilgendorf, 1869)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius longitarsus Lake Chilika to Gulf of Mannar (De Haan, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius merguiensis Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius olivaceus Mouth of Hugli to Vellar estuary, Andamans Henderson, 1915
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius padavenis Hugli-Matla estuaries to Gulf of Mannar De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius zebra Krusadai Island in Gulf of Mannar Dana, 1852
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus deformis Gulf of Mannar, Andamans, Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1836
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus gemmatus Visakhapatnam (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus hessii Sandheads to Gulf of Mannar (Miers, 1884)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus lagopodes Andamans (Forskal, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus megistos Parangipettai, Krusadai Island (Herbst, 1804)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus pedunculatus Visakhapatnam, off Mandapam, Andamans (Herbst, 1804)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus setifer Kakinada to Gulf of Mannar (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus tinctorr Chennai (Forskal, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus vulnerans off Coromandel coast (Thallawittz, 1890)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus woodmasoni Andamans (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes alias Sandheads to Gulf of Mannar, Nicobars McLaughlin & Holthuis, 2001
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes avarus Hugli River mouth to Gulf of Mannar, Nicobars Heller, 1865
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes bicristimanu Ganjam coast to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes costatus Sandheads to Gulf of Mannar Henderson, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes custos Sandheads to Gulf of Mannar, Andamans (Fabricius, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes investigatori Sagar Island to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes mannerensis Gulf of Mannar (Henderson, 1893)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes merguiensis Orissa coast to Gulf of Mannar De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes miles Orissa coast to Gulf of Mannar (Fabricius, 1787)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes planimanus Sandheads to Rameswaram Henderson, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes rectimanus Orissa coasat, Chennai Miers, 1884
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes violaceus Visakhapatnam, Chennai Henderson, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes waltairensis Visakhapatnam Kamalveni, 1950
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes balanophilus Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes calvus Northern part of Bay of Bengal, north-east of Little Andaman Island Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes ciliatus Northern part of Bay of Bengal (Heller, 1861)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes incomitatus Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes longirostris Off Ganjam coast, Visakhapatnam, Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar Dana, 1951
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes mundus Off Port Blair, Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes puniceus Chennai, Andamans Henderson, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguropsis typica Off Cape Comorin Henderson, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Pseudopaguristes hians Off Ganjam coast (Henderson, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Anapagurus laevis Visakhapatnam (Bell, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Nematopagurus squamicheli Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus carpoforaminatus Orissa coast, Ganjam coast, Visakhapatnam Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus hirtimanus Andamans (Miers, 1880)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus indicus Visakhapatnam Sarojini & Nagabhushanam, 1972
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus pergranulatus Andamans (Henderson, 1896)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus punctulatus Gulf of Mannar and Andamans Olivier, 1811
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus varipes Tuticorin Heller, 1861
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pylopaguropsis magnimanus Oriisa coast, Ganjam coaat, Pulicat Henderson, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pylopaguropsis zebra Andamans (Henderson, 1893)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Spiropagurus lophomeris Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Spiropagurus profundorum Andaman Sea Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Spiropagurus spinocarpis Chennai, Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Spiropagurus spiriger Sandheads to Parangipettai (De Haan, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Parapagurus pilosimanus Off Cape Comorin, Bay of Bengal Smith, 1879
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Oncopagurus bicristatus Andaman Sea A. Milne Edwards, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Oncopagurus indicus Andaman Sea (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Oncopagurus monstrosus Off Cape Comorin, Coromandel coast (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Sympagurus andersoni Off Cape Comorin (Henderson, 1896)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Pylochelidae Parapylocheles scorpio Andaman Sea (Alcock, 1894)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Pylochelidae Xylocheles miersii Andamans (Alcock & Anderson, 1899)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristomorpha woodmasoni Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Calman, 1925
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Gulf of Mannar, off Chennai, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea (Johnson, 1867)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristeus alcocki West Bengal to Cape Comorin along east coast of India Ramadan, 1938

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