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 Kingdomsort descending Phylum Class Family Genus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Astropyga radiata Andamans N.G. Leske, 1778 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Astropyga radiata Orissa: Ganjam Coas N.G. Leske, 1778 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Astropyga radiata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Centrostephanus nitidus R. Koehler, 1927 R. Koehler, 1927 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Chaetodiadema granulatum Orissa: Orissa Coast; Andhra Pradesh: Santapalli T. Mortensen, 1903 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Chaetodiadema granulatum West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River T. Mortensen, 1903 Sastry, D.R.K., 1995 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Chaetodiadema granulatum Andamans T. Mortensen, 1903 Sastry, D.R.K., 2007 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Diadema savignyi /setosum Andamans Michelin, 1845/N.G. Leske, 1778 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Diadema savignyi /setosum Nicobars Michelin, 1845/N.G. Leske, 1778 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Echinothrix calamaris Andamans Pallas, 1774 Clark, H.L., 1925 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Echinothrix calamaris Andhra Pradesh: 10 miles ENE of Barwa Pallas, 1774 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Echinothrix calamaris Nicobars Pallas, 1774 Sastry, D.R.K. et al., 2004 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Echinothrix diadema Andamans C. Linnaeus, 1758 Clark, H.L., 1925 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Echinothrix diadema Nicobars C. Linnaeus, 1758 Sastry, D.R.K. et al., 2004 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Aspidodiadematidae Aspidodiadema nicobaricum Nicobars L. Döderlein, 1901 Döderlein, L., 1901 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Saleniidae Salenia sculpta Andamans R. Koehler, 1927 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Stomechinidae Stomopneustes variolaris Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Stomechinidae Stomopneustes variolaris Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816 Clark, H.L., 1925 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Stomechinidae Stomopneustes variolaris Andamans J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816 James, D.B., 1983 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Stomechinidae Stomopneustes variolaris Nicobars J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816 Sastry, D.R.K., 2005 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Arbaciidae Coelopleurus vittatus Andamans R. Koehler, 1927 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Arbaciidae Pygmaeocidaris prionigera Andamans A. Agassiz, 1879 Wood-Mason, J. et al., 1891 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Mespilia globulus Andamans; Nicobars C. Linnaeus, 1758 Sastry, D.R.K., 1997 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Microcyphus ceylanicus Andamans T. Mortensen, 1942 Clark, H.L., 1925 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Paratrema doederleini Andamans T. Mortensen, 1904 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Printechinus impressus Andamans R. Koehler, 1927 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Prionechinus agassizi Andamans J. Wood-Mason, and A. Alcock, 1891 Wood-Mason, J. et al., 1891 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmaciella dussumieri Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar L. Agassiz and E. Desor, 1846 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmaciella dussumieri Orissa: Ganjam Coast L. Agassiz and E. Desor, 1846 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmaciella dussumieri Tamil Nadu: Pondicherry L. Agassiz and E. Desor, 1846 Sastry, D.R.K., 2007 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmacis bicolor Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar L. Agassiz, 1841 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmacis bicolor Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam L. Agassiz, 1841 Clark, H.L., 1925 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmacis bicolor Nicobars L. Agassiz, 1841 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmacis virgulata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar L. Agassiz, 1841 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmacis virgulata Tamil Nadu: Pondicherry L. Agassiz, 1841 Sastry, D.R.K., 2007 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Temnopleurus apodus Andamans A. Agassiz and H.L. Clark, 1943 James, D.B., 1983 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Temnopleurus proctalis Andamans R. Koehler, 1927 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Temnopleurus toreumaticus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar Klein In: Leske, N.G., 1778 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Temnopleurus toreumaticus Orissa: Konark; Andamans Klein In: Leske, N.G., 1778 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Temnopleurus toreumaticus Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam Coast Klein In: Leske, N.G., 1778 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Temnopleurus toreumaticus West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River Klein In: Leske, N.G., 1778 Sastry, D.R.K., 1998 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Temnotrema scillae Andamans A.G. Mazetti, 1894 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Trigonocidaris versicolor Andamans R. Koehler, 1927 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Gymnechinus robillardi Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar P. de Loriol, 1883 Clark, H.L., 1925 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Gymnechinus robillardi Andamans P. de Loriol, 1883 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Gymnechinus robillardi Tamil Nadu: Pondicherry P. de Loriol, 1883 Sastry, D.R.K., 2007 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Pseudoboletia maculata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar F.H. Troschel, 1869 Thurston, E., 1895 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Toxopneustes pileolus Andamans J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Toxopneustes pileolus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816 Thurston, E., 1895 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Toxopneustes pileolus Nicobars J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816 Sastry, D.R.K., 1999a Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Tripneustes gratilla Andamans C. Linnaeus, 1758 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Tripneustes gratilla Nicobars C. Linnaeus, 1758 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Toxopneustidae Tripneustes gratilla Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam C. Linnaeus, 1758 Sastry, D.R.K., 2007 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Colobocentrotus atratus Andamans C. Linnaeus, 1758 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Colobocentrotus atratus Nicobars C. Linnaeus, 1758 Sastry, D.R.K., 1999a Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Echinometra mathaei Andamans H.M. de Blainville, 1825 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Echinometra mathaei Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar H.M. de Blainville, 1825 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Echinometra mathaei Nicobars H.M. de Blainville, 1825 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Echinometra mathaei Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam H.M. de Blainville, 1825 Sastry, D.R.K., 2005 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Echinometra oblonga Andamans; Nicobars H.M. de Blainville, 1825 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Echinostrephus molaris Andamans H.M. de Blainville, 1825 Koehler, R., 1927 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Echinostrephus molaris Nicobars H.M. de Blainville, 1825 Sastry, D.R.K. et al., 2004 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Heterocentrotus trigonarius Nicobars J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816 Sastry, D.R.K., 1997 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinometridae Echinoneus cyclostomus Andamans N.G. Leske, 1778 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinoneidae Echinoneus cyclostomus Nicobars N.G. Leske, 1778 Sastry, D.R.K., 1999a Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Clypeasteridae Clypeaster annandalei Andhra Pradesh: Off Godavary Delta R. Koehler, 1922 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Clypeasteridae Clypeaster fervens Tamil Nadu: Cuddalore R. Koehler, 1922 Mortensen, T., 1948b Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Clypeasteridae Clypeaster humilis Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Clypeasteridae Clypeaster rarispinus Orissa: Ganjam Coast J.C.H. de Meijere, 1903 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Clypeasteridae Clypeaster rarispinus Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam J.C.H. de Meijere, 1903 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Clypeasteridae Clypeaster rarispinus West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River J.C.H. de Meijere, 1903 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Clypeasteridae Clypeaster rarispinus Tamil Nadu: Chennai J.C.H. de Meijere, 1903 Clark, H.L., 1925 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Clypeasteridae Clypeaster reticulatus Andamans C. Linnaeus, 1758 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Arachnoididae Arachnoides placenta Andamans C. Linnaeus, 1758 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Fibulariidae Echinocyamus crispus Andamans A.G. Mazetti, 1893 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Fibulariidae Fibularia cribellum Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J.C.H. de Meijere, 1904 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Fibulariidae ?Fibularia oblonga Gulf of Mannar (Tamil Nadu/Sri Lanka) J.E. Gray, 1851 Clark, A.M. et al., 1971 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Fibulariidae Fibularia volva Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar L. Agassiz, 1847 Bell, F.J., 1889 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Fibulariidae Fibularia volva Andhra Pradesh: Coromandel Coast L. Agassiz, 1847 Anderson, A.R.S., 1894 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum decagonale Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar H.M. de Blainville, 1827 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum decagonale Orissa: Orissa Coast; Andamans H.M. de Blainville, 1827 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum decagonale West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River H.M. de Blainville, 1827 Sastry, D.R.K., 1998 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum decagonale Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam Coas H.M. de Blainville, 1827 Sastry, D.R.K., 2007 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum depressum Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar Lesson, 1841 Thurston, E., 1895 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum depressum Andamans Lesson, 1841 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum laganum Andamans N.G. Leske, 1778 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum laganum Nicobars N.G. Leske, 1778 Sastry, D.R.K., 1977 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum laganum Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778 James, D.B., 1988 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum retinens Andamans R. Koehler, 1922 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Laganum versatile Andamans R. Koehler, 1922 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Peronella lessueuri Andamans; Nicobars Valenciennes in L. Agassiz, 1841 Sastry, D.R.K., 2005 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Peronella macroproctes Andamans R. Koehler, 1922 Sastry, D.R.K., 1977 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Peronella oblonga Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar T. Mortensen, 1948 Mortensen, T., 1948a Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Peronella orbicularis Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Peronella rubra Andamans L. Döderlein, 1885 Sastry, D.R.K., 1977 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Laganidae Peronella rullandi Andamans R. Koehler, 1922 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Astriclypeidae Echinodiscus auritus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778 Bell, F.J., 1889 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Astriclypeidae Echinodiscus auritus West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River; Andamans N.G. Leske, 1778 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Astriclypeidae Echinodiscus auritus Orissa: Orissa Coast; Andhra Pradesh: Santapalli N.G. Leske, 1778 Koehler, R., 1922 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Astriclypeidae Echinodiscus bisperforatus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.

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