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 Genus Subgenus Speciessort descending Subspecies Variety Host species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryotes Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Himerometridae Heterometra bengalensis Andamans Hartlaub, 1890
Eukaryotes Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Himerometridae Heterometra bengalensis Orissa: Off Gopalpore Hartlaub, 1890
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Myopsida Loligenidae Loligo bengalensis Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Jothinayagam, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten bengalensis Orissa: Gopalpore; Tamil Nadu: Mahabalipuram L. Döderlein, 1917
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten bengalensis Andhra Pradesh: Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Nagayalanka L. Döderlein, 1917
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga bengalensis Andamans J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Ennucula bengalensis Investigator Sta.162: Lat.13 51' 12'' N., Long. 80 28' 12'' E., Coromandel coast, Sta.280: Bay of Bengal, Lat. 11 29'15'' N., Long. 80 2' 30'' (E.A. Smith, 1895)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Lucinoma bengalensis InvestigatorSta.131: Bay of Bengal, and, off Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1894)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cyrenoidea Cyrenidae Polymesodinae Polymesoda Geloina bengalensis Orissa (Mahanadi estuary), West Bengal, (Ganjetic delta), Nicobars (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria bengalensis bengalensis Bay of Bengal Reid, 2001
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus bengalensis Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa Okutani, 1968
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Dactylogyridae Pseudohaliotrematoides bengalensis Teleost fish sps. Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Gupta and Khanna, 1974
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Prosorhynchus bengalensis Sphyraena obtusata Puri Gupta & Gupta, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Tergestia bengalensis Caranx carangus Puri Gupta & Singh, 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Erilepturus bengalensis Pristipoma furcatum Puri Ahmad, 1980
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Lobatocystis bengalensis Euthynnus affinis Visakhapatnam Hussain, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus bengalensis Arius dussumieri Puri Srivastava, 1939
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Haplosplanchnidae Haplosplanchnus bengalensis Acanthurus triostegus Puri Gupta & Puri, 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lepocreadiidae Neomultitestis bengalensis Platax teira Visakhapatnam, Kalingapatnam Madhavi, 1972
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Cryptogonimidae Acanthosiphodera bengalensis Lutjanus malabaricus Visakhapatnam Madhavi, 1974
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Monorchiidae Lasiotocus bengalensis Cephalopholis sonnerati Puri Ahmad & Gupta, 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Anguillidae Anguilla bicolor bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Scinaia bengalica Boerg., 1970
Eukaryotes Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Comasteridae Oxycomanthus bennetti Andamans J. Müller, 1841
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Freyellidae Freyella benthophila Bay of Bengal, 90 34’ N 850 43’ 15” E, 3652 m W.P. Sladen, 1889
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Leiognathidae Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Tricoma bergensis Schepotieff, 1907
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Cerataulina bergonii Chennai Peragallo
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia bergonii Bay of Bengal Perag
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra bernhardiana Andaman Islands Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiolidae Euprymna berryi Tamil Nadu, Andamans Sasaki, 1929
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus betulinus Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Paropecoelus bhabhai Dermogenys brachynopterus Puri Gupta & Puri, 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Hemicytheridea bhatiai Varma, 1990
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Paradoxostomatidae Paradoxostoma bhatiai Shyam Sunder, 1992
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Phaeophyceae Hincksia bhimilipatnamensis (Krish.& Balu.) Silva, 2010
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Acanthocolpidae Stephanostomum bhuneswari Upeneus macronemus Puri Gupta & Puri, 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allodecemtestis biacetabulatus Rastrelliger kanagurta, Sillago lutea ; S. chondropus, Saurus indicus Puri Srivastava, 1936
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Triacanthidae Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Campylodiscus biangulatus Bay of Bengal Grev
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcticoidea Trapeziidae Trapezium bicarinatum Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa, (Manikpatna), West Bengal (Sunderbans) (Schumacher, 1817)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmacis bicolor Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar L. Agassiz, 1841
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmacis bicolor Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam L. Agassiz, 1841
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Salmacis bicolor Nicobars L. Agassiz, 1841
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pterioida Pinnidae Pinna bicolor Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Krishnapatnam near Nellore), Andaman & Nicobar Islands J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Carditidae Carditesinae Cardites bicolor Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Mahalakshmipuram near Nellore, Etimukkala, near Ongole, Visakhapatnam), Puducherry, Orissa (Puri, Konark, Paradip, Chtrapur, Gopalpur), Nicobars J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Anguillidae Anguilla bicolor bicolor McClelland, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Styela bicolor Tuticorin Sluiter, 1887
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Climacodium biconcavum Central Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Morula(Habromorula) Morula(Habromorula) biconica East Coast, Andaman & Nicobar Is (Blainville, 1832)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Ceratualina bicornis Bay of Bengal Ehrenb
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Oncopagurus bicristatus Andaman Sea A. Milne Edwards, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes bicristimanu Ganjam coast to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Caloneis bicuneata Bay of Bengal Boyer
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Biddulphia biddulphiana Bay of Bengal Boyer
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Amphisolenia bidentata Central Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Amphisolenia bidentata Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Amphisolenia bidentata Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nassariidae Nassariinae Nassarius Nassarius bifaria Andaman Islands (Baird, 1873)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cerithiidae Cerithiinae Clypeomorus Clypeomorus bifasciatus bifasciatus bifasciatus bifasciatus Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cerithiidae Cerithiinae Clypeomorus Clypeomorus bifasciatus gennesi bifasciatus gennesi Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Fischer & Vignal, 1901)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Didymocystis bifurcata Thunnus tonggol Visakhapatnam Yamaguti, 1970
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Campylodiscus bifurcatus minor Bay of Bengal Desikachary & Prem, 1987
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Ceratium bigelowii Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay Kofoid, 1907
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Oligohymenophorea Scuticociliatida Cryptochilidae Biggeria Biggeria ganapatii Kalavati and Raman, 2008
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Monhysterida Xyalidae Daptonema biggi Gerlach, 1965
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphora bigibba Bay of Bengal Grun
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turridae Turridrupa Turridrupa bijubata off Coromandel Coast (L.H. Reeve, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Sclerodistomidae Prosogonotrema bilabiatum Lutianus sanguineus Kalingapatnam Perez Vigueras, 1940
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Diclidophoridae Osphybothrus bilgeesae Trachinocephalus indicus (Day) Puri coast, Orissa Gupta and Sachdeva, 1989
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Cynoglossus bilineatus (Lacepède, 1802)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus biliosus Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands (Roeding, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Septiferinae Septifer bilocularis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Andaman (Port Blair, Chiriatapu, Hhavelock, Neil, Snake and Red Skin Is) Nicobar (Car Nicobar Camorta) Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Pseudopecoelus bilqeesae Carangoides malabaricus Puri Ahmad & Dhar, 1987
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Phaeophyceae Sargassum binderi Sond., 1983
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Leiognathidae Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Leiognathidae Leiognathus bindus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Mastogloia binotata Bay of Bengal Cl
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Pholadina Teredinidae Bankiinae Bankia bipalmulata Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (J.P. de M. lamarck, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Pholadina Teredinidae Teredininae Lyrodus bipartitus East coast (J.G. Jefferys, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Pholadina Teredinidae Bankiinae Bankia bipennata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (W. Turton, 1819)
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Podolampus bipes Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Podolampus bipes Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Azpeitia biradiata Bay of Bengal Sims
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma biradiatum Nicobar Islands (Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammacoma birmanica Andhra Pradesh (estuaries of Krishna and Godavary), Orissa (Chilka Lake), West Bengal (Hugli-Matla estuary) (R.A. Philippi, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Pholadina Pholadidae Pholadinae Barnea Barnea birmanica Tamil Nadu (R.A. Philippi, 1847)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiolidae Sepiola birostrata Andra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam) Sasaki, 1920
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Anaulus birostratus Bay of Bengal Grun
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Myliobatidae Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Eulimidae Stilifer Stilifer birtsi birtsi East coast (Preston, 1914
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinothuriidae Sperosoma biseriatum Andamans; Nicobars L. Döderlein, 1901
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Astriclypeidae Echinodiscus bisperforatus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Astriclypeidae Echinodiscus bisperforatus Orissa: Gopalpur; Tamil Nadu: Pondicherry N.G. Leske, 1778
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophiolepidinae Ophiozonella bispinosa Andamans R. Koehler, 1897
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophioleucinae Ophiostriatus bispinosus Andamans R. Koehler, 1897
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Lissoclinum bistratum Gulf of Mannar Sluiter, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Mesocibota bistrigata Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Konark, off Ganjam coast, Talburai near Chandipore) W. Dunker, 1866
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cassidae Phalinae Semicassis Semicassis bisulcata bisulcata Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Pradesh, Orissa, Andaman Islands (Scubert & Wagner, 1829)

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