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 Phylumsort descending Subphylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Genus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Pseudosquillidae Pseudosquilla ciliata Kilakarai, Sandheads, Andaman (Fabricius, 1787)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Lysiosquillidae Lysiosquilla maculata Kakinada, Parangipettai, Chennai, A & N Islands (Fabricius, 1793)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Lysiosquillidae Lysiosquilla sulcirostris Chennai, Sandheads, Andaman Kemp, 1913
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Lysiosquillidae Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata Tuticorin, Pamban, Mandapam, Chennai, Kakinada, Andamans Holthuis, 1941
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Nanosquillidae Acanthosquilla acanthocarpus Kilakarai, Mandapam, Chennai., Parangipettai, Kakinada, Sandheads, Port Blair (Miers, 1880)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Nanosquillidae Acanthosquilla dighaensis Digha Ghosh, 1999
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Nanosquillidae Acanthosquilla multifasciata Chennai, Sundarbans, Andamans (Wood-Mason, 1895)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Nanosquillidae Acanthosquilla tigrina Parangipettai, Chennai (Nobili, 1903)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Tetrasquilliae Heterosquilla tricarinata Port Blair, Andaman (Claus, 1871)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Tetrasquilliae Heterosquilloides insignis Off North Andaman Islands (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Alima heteroglypica Chennai (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Anchisquilla fasciata Mandapam, Parangipettai (De Haan, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Areosquilla indica Octovia Bay, Nancowry Harbour, Nicobars (Hanse, 1926)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Carinosquilla lirata Chennai, Sandheads (Kemp & Chopra, 1921)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Carinosquilla multicarinata Pamban, Mandapam, Kilakarai, Parangipettai, Sundarbans (White, 1848)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Clorida decorata Port Blair, Andaman (Wood-Mason, 1875)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Clorida latreillei Parangipeetai, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Orissa coast, Sandhead (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Clorida microphthalma Mandapam, Chennai (H.M. Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Cloridina verrucosa Chennai (Hansen, 1926)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Cloridopsis bengalensis Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Salt Lake (Tiwari & Biswas, 1952)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Cloridopsis immaculata Lake Chilkia, Hugli and , Matlah estuaries, Port Canning, Sagar Island (Kemp, 1913)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Cloridopsis scorpio Chennai, Tuticorin, Puducherry, Lake Chilikia, Sundarbans (Latreille, 1826)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Dictyosquilla foveolata Parangipettai, Sandheads (Wood-Mason, 1895)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Erugosquilla woodmasoni Colachel, Tuticorin, Mandapam, , Pamban, Rameswaram, , Parangipettai, Puducherry, Chennai, Puri, Sandheads (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Harpiosquilla annandalei Parangipettai, Chennai, , Visakhapatnam, Sandheads (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Harpiosquilla harpax Chennai, Tuticorin, Mandapam, Rameswaram, Visakhapatnam (De Haan, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Harpiosquilla indica Mandapam Camp Manning, 1969
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Harpiosquilla melanoura Parangipettai Manning, 1968
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Harpiosquilla raphidea Krusadai Island, Pamban, Parangipettai, Chennai, Puducherry, Puri, Gopalpur, Sundarbans (Fabricius, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Kempina stridulans Nellore, Machilipatnam, Orissa (Wood-Mason, 1895)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Lenisquilla gilesi Chennai, Orissa, Sandheads (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Lenisquilla lata Chennai (Brooks, 1886)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Leptosquilla schmeltzii Port Blair, Andamans (A.M. Edwards, 1873)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Leptosquilla sulcirostris Southeast coast, Andamans (Kemp, 1913)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Lophosquilla tiwarii Parangipettai, off Orissa Blumstein, 1974
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Miyakea holoschista Cape Comorin, Ramaeswaram, Parangipettai, Cuddalaore, , Chennai, Mahanadi estuary, , Sandheads (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Miyakea nepa Tuticorin, Mandapam, Rameswaram, Kilakarai, Parangipettai, Cuddalore, , Chennai, Puducherry, Visakhapatnam, , Mahanadi estuary, Puri, Sandheads, , Sundarbans (Latreille, 1828)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Oratosquilla hindustanica Tuticorin & Chennai Manning, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Oratosquilla quadraticauda Chennai (Fukada, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Oratosquilla subtilis Visakhapatnam (Manning, 1978)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Oratosquillina inornata Tuticorin, Mandapam, Pamban, Sandheads (Tate, 1883)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Oratosquillina interrupta Mandapam, Parangipettai, Chennai, Puri, Mahanadi estuary, Sundarbans (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Oratosquillina pentadactyla Kilakarai (Manning, 1978)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Oratosquillina perppensa Tuticorin, Kilakarai, Parangipettai, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Mahanadi, estuary, Sandheads, Port Blair (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Oratosquillina quinquedentata Kilakarai, Tuticorin, Mandapam, Parangipettai, Chennai, Balabore, Bay, Orissa (Brooks, 1886)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Quollastria gonypetes Parangipettai, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Andamans (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Squilloides leptosquilla Andaman & Nicobar (Brooks, 1886)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Squilloides tenuispinis Nellore, Machilipatnam, Ganjam, coast, Andaman Islands (Wood-Mason, 1875)
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Monoraphidium exigua Chilka Lake
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Cosmarium Chilka Lake
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Chlorella Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Pediastrum simplex
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Spirogyra
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Volvox
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Protococcus vulgaris
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Desmidium swartzii
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Scenedesmus acumintus
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Chaetomorpha
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Cladophora
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Petromyzontidae Petromyzon marinus Madras Coast Gopala Aiyar
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Hemiscylliidae Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Rhincodontidae Rhinodon typus (Smith, 1828)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Stegostomatidae Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carcharhinidae Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carcharhinidae Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carcharhinidae Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Rhinobatidae Glaucostegus granulatus Cuvier, 1829
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Rhinobatidae Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Pristidae Pristis microdon Latham, 1794
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Pristidae Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Dasyatidae Himantura bleekeri (Blyth, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Dasyatidae Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Dasyatidae Dasyatis microps (Annandale, 1908)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Dasyatidae Dasyatis zugei (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Myliobatidae Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Myliobatidae Rhinoptera adspersa Müller & Henle, 1841
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Myliobatidae Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle, 1841
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Myliobatidae Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Narcinidae Narcine timlei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Gnathostomata Narcine
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Teleostei Narcine
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker, 1852
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Sardinella dayi Regan, 1917
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes, 1847)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Ophisthopterus tardoore Cuvier, 1829
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Ophisthopterus sirm (Walbaum, 1792)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Pristigasteridae Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Engraulidae Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Engraulidae Thryssa dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Engraulidae Thryssa mystax (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Engraulidae Thryssa purava (Hamilton, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Engraulidae Thryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Engraulidae Thryssa commersonii Lacepède, 1803

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