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 Genussort descending Subgenus Species Subspecies Host species Occurrence Authority References Contributors Note
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Anthenoides sarissa Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Anticomidae Anticoma acuminata Eberth, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Anticomidae Anticoma arctica Steiner, 1916
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Anticomidae Anticoma bengalensis Bastain, 1865
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Anticomidae Anticoma eberthi Bastain, 1865
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona chemnitzii Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona lamellaris Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans Schumacher, 1817
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona reticulata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Antithamnionella elegans var.elegans (Berth.) Price & John , 1999, 2000
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Aphanurus dussumierii Dussumieria acuta Visakhapatnam Hussain, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Aphanurus stossichi Anchoviella indica, A . commersoni Kalingapatnam Monticelli, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Aphanurus harengulae Mugil cephalus, Velamugil cunnesius, Liza parsia Visakhapatnam Yamaguti, 1938
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Aphanurus stossichi Clupea fimbriata Digha coast (Monticelli, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis amoyense Tiruchendur Tokioka, 1967
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1043 E2 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1050 E3 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1051 E5 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1102 E4 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1941 U1 Tuticorin Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 2064 AJ1 Gulf of Mannar Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 384 AB1 Tuticorin Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 1052 E1 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 1281 B2 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 228 AC1 Tuticorin Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 814 BA1 Tuticorin Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 828 M1 Tirunelveli Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 842 P1 Tirunelveli Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 849 S1 Tuticorin Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 912 B1 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium brevilarvacium Tuticorin Kott, 1963
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium caelestis Tiruchendur Monniot, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium directum Kanyakumari Kott, 1972
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium distaplium Gulf of Mannar Kott, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium filiforme Gulf of Mannar Kott, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium indicum Tuticorin Renganathan & Monniot, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium lunacratum Tiruchendur Kott, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium macrolobatum Kanyakumari Kott, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium minisculum Gulf of Mannar Kott, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium multiplicatum Mandapam Sluiter, 1909
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium paralineatum Tuticorin Kott, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium ritteri Tirunelveli Sluiter, 1895
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium rubricollum Kanyakumari Kott, 1963
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium uteute Kanyakumari Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Aplustridae Aplustrum amplustre Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Aplysiidae Aplysia benedicti Andaman Islands, Tamil Nadu Eliot, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Aplysiidae Aplysia cornigera Tamil Nadu G.B. Sowerby, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Aplysiidae Aplysia lineolata Tamil Nadu Adams & Reeve, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Aplysiidae Aplysia parvula Andaman Islands Morch, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Apogonidae Apogon quadrifasciatus Cuvier, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Microlaimidae Aponema decreamerae Jensen, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus bengalensis Arius dussumieri Puri Srivastava, 1939
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus breviformis Terapon puta Puri Srivastava, 1939
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus drepanei Drepane punctata Andaman Isle Hafeezullah, 1990
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus laguncula Rastrelliger kanagurta, Arius jella, Apogon quadrifasciatus, Johnius aneus, Thrissocles mystax Kalingapatnam Looss, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus orientalis Terapon theraps Ahmad, 1981
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus theraponi Terapon puta Puri Gupta & Jain, 1991
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus waltairensis Acanthurus bleekeri Visakhapatnam Hussain, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Arachnoididae Arachnoides placenta Andamans C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Monhysterida Diplopeltidae Araeolaimus longicauda Allgen, 1929
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Asterostomatidae Araeolampas glauca Andamans J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Arca navicularis Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin coast) J.B. Bruguiere, 1789
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Arca patriarchalis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Andamans (Port Blair, Chiriatapu) Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Arca ventricosa Andaman (Port Blair) & Nicobar (Camorta) Islands J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Apogonidae Archamia fucata (Cantor, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Archasteridae Archaster angulatus Andamans J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Archasteridae Archaster typicus Andamans J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1840
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Archasteridae Archaster typicus Nicobars J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1840
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Architectonica laevigata Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Orissa, Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Architectonica perspectiva Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Architectonica maculata Andaman Islands (Link, 1807)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopagia pudica Andamans (Port Blair) (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopagia unguis Andamans (Bamboo Flat, Port Blair) (H.B. Preston, 1916)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopaginula inflata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Arcopella casta Orissa (Puri), Andamans (Port Blair) (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Noetiidae Arcopsis afra Andhra Pradesh (Nizampatnam, Guntur dist., Kakinada Bay, Visakhapatnam (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Noetiidae Arcopsis symmetrica Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Orissa (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Carditidae Carditinae Arcturellina elegantula Tamil Nadu (Deshayes, 1854)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Areosquilla indica Octovia Bay, Nancowry Harbour, Nicobars (Hanse, 1926)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Arestorides Arestorides argus argus Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Argonautidae Argonauta boettgeri Andamans Maltzan, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Argonautidae Argonauta hians Orissa Coast Lightfoot in Solander, 1786
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Asterostomatidae Argopatagus vitreus Andamans A. Agassiz, 1881
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariommatidae Ariomma indicum (Day, 1871)
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
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 Aristomorpha woodmasoni Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Calman, 1925
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariidae Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariidae Arius jella Day, 1877
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariidae Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariidae Arius thalassius (Rüppell, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Arminidae Armina cygnea Nicobars (Bergh, 1876)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Arminidae Armina formosa Andhra Pradesh (Kelaart, 1858)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Arminidae Armina semperi Andaman Islands (Bergh, 1861)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Arminidae Armina variolosa Andhra Pradesh (Bergh, 1904)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Arnoglossus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1865)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Tetraodontidae Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Tetraodontidae Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Prokaryota Bacteria Cyanobacteria Arthospira Vellar Estuary
Prokaryota Bacteria Cyanobacteria Arthospira massartii Visakhapatnam Harbour

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