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 ascending Subgenus Species Subspecies Host species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryotes Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Zygometridae Zygometra andromeda India A.H. Clark, 1912
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster adami Andamans R. Koehler, 1909
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster alfredi Tamil Nadu: ?off Chennai A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster alfredi Off Andhra Pradesh, 150 25’ 06” N 800 25’ 07” E A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster angulatus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster barathri Tamil Nadu: ?off Chennai A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster barathri Off Andhra Pradesh, 150 25’ 06” N 800 25’ 07” E A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster carinatus Off Andaman Islands A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster gilesii Off Andaman Islands A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster zea Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Zieliana Zieliana woldemarii Andaman Islands x Kiener, 1839
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Ziba Ziba flammea Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Ziba Ziba interlirata Andaman & Nicobar Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Soleidae Zebrias altipinnis (Alcock, 1890)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Soleidae Zebrias quagga (Kaup, 1858)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Soleidae Zebrias synapturoides (Jenkins, 1910)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Soleidae Zebrias keralensis Joglekar, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rissoidae Rissoininae Zebina Zebina pupiniformis pupiniformis Andaman Islands (H.B. Preston, 1908)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rissoidae Rissoininae Zebina Zebina tridentata tridentata Andaman Islands Michaud, 1830
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Zanclidae Zanclus canescens Indo Pecific (Linnaeus, 1756)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Yoldiidae Yoldia anatina Investigator Sta. 130: Bay of Bengal, off Godavari delta E.A. Smith, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Yoldiidae Yoldia nicobarica West bengal (off Ganges delta), Nicobars (J.B. Bruguiere, 1814)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Pholadina Pholadidae Xylophaginae Xylophaga indica Investigator Sta.233: Andaman Sea E.A. Smith, 1904
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Pylochelidae Xylocheles miersii Andamans (Alcock & Anderson, 1899)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Xiphiidae Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Xestolebereidae Xestolebereis variegata Brady, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Xenophoridae Xenophora(Xenophora) Xenophora(Xenophora) corrugata corrugata Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal (L.H. Reeve, 1842)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Xenophoridae Xenophora(Xenophora) Xenophora(Xenophora) mekranensis konoi mekranensis konoi Andaman Islands Habe, 1953
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Xenophoridae Xenophora(Xenophora) Xenophora(Xenophora) pallidula pallidula Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1842)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Xenophoridae Xenophora(Xenophora) Xenophora(Xenophora) solarioides solarioides Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Wrangelia tenegana Harv., 1998, 2000, 1970
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Colpodea Cyrtolophosidida Woodruffiidae Woodruffia Woodruffia rostrata Kahl, 1931
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Glossoidea Vesicomyidae Warreniconcha cretacea Investigator Sta. 327: Bay of Bengal (E.A. Smith, 1906)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pterioida Pteriidae Vulsella vulsella Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Rhizoridae Volvulella perangusta Andaman Islands (A. Adams, 1854)
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Volvox
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Marginellidae Marginellinae Volvarina Volvarina angustata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (G.B. SowerbyII, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Ovulidae Volva Volva volva volva Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pectinoida Pectinidae Pectininae Volachlamys tranquebaria Tamil nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Ennur near Chennai), Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andaman Islands J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Muricopsinae Vitularia Vitularia miliaris Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Oncholaimidae Viscosia carnleyensis Kreis, 1932
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Oncholaimidae Viscosia cobbi Filipjev, 1918
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Oncholaimidae Viscosia elegans Kreis, 1924
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Oncholaimidae Viscosia glabra Bastain, 1865
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Oncholaimidae Viscosia macramphida Chitwood, 1951
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Oncholaimidae Viscosia viscosa De Man, 1890
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triphoridae Viriola Viriola corrugata corrugata Andaman Islands (Hinds, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) brionae Andaman Islands Sowerby
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) cinctella Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) citrinum Andaman Islands Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) curvilirata Andaman Islands Sowerby
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) gruneri Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) melongena Andaman Islands Lamarck, 1811
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) plicatum Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) subdivisum Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Vexillum) Vexillum(Vexillum) taeniatum Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 18110
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Pusia) Vexillum(Pusia) aureolata Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Pusia) Vexillum(Pusia) crocatum Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Pusia) Vexillum(Pusia) luculentum Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) cadaverosum Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) daedalum Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1845_
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) dilectissimum Andaman Islands (Melvill & Sykes, 1899)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) dohrani Andaman Islands (A. Adams, 1864)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) exasperatum Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) nicobaricum Nicobar Islands (Dunker, 1866)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) obeliscus Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) sanguisugum Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) sculptile Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum(Costellaria) Vexillum(Costellaria) virgo Andaman Islands (Linnaeus, 1767)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum acuminatum Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum acupictum Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum amabilis Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum deshayesii Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum lubens Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum radius Andaman Islands x L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum rectilateralis Andaman Islands x G.B. Sowerby, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum semifasciatum Andaman Islands Lamarck, 1811
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Cardiinae Vepricardium asiaticum Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Cardiinae Vepricardium coronatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Etimukkala near Chirala, Mypadu near Nellore, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam). Urissa, Andaman, & Nicobar Islands (L. Spengler, 1799)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinellidae Vasinae Vasum Vasum ceramicum Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinellidae Vasinae Vasum Vasum turbinellus Tamil Nadu C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium angulatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium assimile Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium elongatum elongatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium elongatum indioceanum Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Vidal, 1993)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium flavum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium luteomarginatum luteomarginatum , Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman sea (Voskuil & Onwerwangt
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium pectiniforme Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea (Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium vertebratum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Jonas, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rimellidae Varicospira Varicospira cancellata cancellata Andhra Pradesh, Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Corbulinae Varicorbula rotalis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Orissa, W. Bengal (R.B. Hinds, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Vanikoridae Vanikoro Vanikoro cancellata cancellata Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andamans (Lamarck, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Vanikoridae Vanikoro Vanikoro depressa depressa Andaman Islands Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Vanikoridae Vanikoro Vanikoro plicata plicata Andamans (Recluz, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Vanikoridae Vanikoro Vanikoro rosea rosea Andamans (Recluz, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Asteropseidae Valvaster striatus Andamans Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Valoniopsis pachynema (Mart.) Boerg., 1985b
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Valonia aegagrophila C. Ag., 2000
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Valonia utricularis (Roth) C. Ag., 1990
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Discocotylidae Vallisiopsis contorta Lactarius lactarius (Bloch, and Schneider, 1801) Madras, Tamil Nadu Subhapradha, 1951

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