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.

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Item count: 6358
Superkingdom Kingdom Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Speciessort ascending Subspecies Variety Host species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Nemipteridae Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker, 1857)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Eunotia zygodon Bay of Bengal Ehrenb
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Dasyatidae Dasyatis zugei (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Navicula zostereti Bay of Bengal Robenh
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Eucampia zoodiacus Chennai Ehrenberg
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Eucampia zoodiacus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus zonatus , off Andamns, off Coromandel coast Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cerithiidae Cerithiinae Cerithium Cerithium zonatum zonatum Andaman & Nicobar Islands Wood, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Aplustridae Hydatina zonata Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (Lightfoot, 1786)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pectinoida Spondylidae Spondylus zonalis Andaman & Nicobar Islands J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Pisaniinae Engina Engina zonalis Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1822)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Eucampia zodiacus Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Eucampia zodiacus Central Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Eucampia zodiacus Bay of Bengal Ehrenb
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Eucampia zodiacus cylindrocornis Bay of Bengal Syvertsen
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Palmadusta Palmadusta ziczac ziczac Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus zeylanicus Andaman & Nicobar Islands Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Babyloniidae Babylonia Babylonia zeylanica Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Phyllidiidae Phyllidiella zeylanica Andaman Islands (Kelaart, 1859)
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Monhysterida Linhomoeidae Desmolaimus zeelandicus De Man, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Chromodorididae Hypselodoris zebrina Andaman Islands (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius zebra Krusadai Island in Gulf of Mannar Dana, 1852
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pylopaguropsis zebra Andamans (Henderson, 1893)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cyprididae Phlyctenophora zealandica Brady, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster zea Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Phlebobranchia Ascidiidae Ascidia zara Tuticorin Oka, 1935
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Quadriana zakiae Pomadasys hasta, Johnius carulta, Sillago sihama, Terapon jarbua Visakhapatnam Hafeezullah, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Dactylogyridae Haliotrema youngi Pseudorhombus arsius ( Hamilton, 1822) Machalipatnum, Andhra Pradesh Venkatanarasaiah, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Diplectanidae Lobotrema youngi Pseudorhombus triocellatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) Mandapam, Tamil Nadu Gupta and Sharma, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiodermatidae Ophiopsammus yoldii Andamans C.K. Lütken, 1856
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Parahemiurus yanamensis Thryssa hamiltoni Godavari Estuary Hafeezullah, 980
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Heteromicrocotylidae Heteromicrocotyla yamagutii Caranx malabaricus (Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1801) Puri, Orissa Gupta and Krishna, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Renodidymocystis yamagutii Rastrelliger kanagurta Visakhapatnam Madhavi, R., 1982
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Skrjabinozoum yamagutii Psenes cyanophrys Puri Gupta & Gupta, 1986
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allopodocotyle yamagutii Terapon theraps Puri Gupta & Ahmad, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Dactylogyridae Ancyrocephaloides yamaguti Dermogenys brachynopterus ( Bleeker, 1853) Pamban, Tamil Nadu Gupta and Sharma, 1980
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Monorchiidae Proctotrematoides yamaguti Pisodontophis boro Port Canning, Bay of Bengal Dutta & Manna, 1998
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Lobatocystis yaito Euthynnus affinis Visakhapatnam Yamaguti, 1965
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Pseudocolocyntotrema yaito Euthynnus affinis Visakhapatnam Yamaguti, 1970
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Dictyaster xenophilus Andaman Sea, 110 31’ 40” N 920 46’ 06” E, 344-402m J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Asteromphalus wyvillei Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Asteromphalus wyvielli Chennai Castracane, 1876
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Cyrtophora Colpodea Cyrtolophosidida Woodruffiidae Woodruffia Woodruffia rostrata Kahl, 1931
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rissoidae Rissoininae Rissoina Rissoina woodmasoniana woodmasoniana Andaman Islands G. Nevill, 1877
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Assiminea Assiminea woodmasoniana woodmasoniana Andaman Islands G. Nevill, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Stenothyridae Stenothyra Stenothyra woodmasoniana woodmasoniana West Bengal (Gangetic delta) G. Nevill, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus woodmasoni Andamans (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristomorpha woodmasoni Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Calman, 1925
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Erugosquilla woodmasoni Colachel, Tuticorin, Mandapam, , Pamban, Rameswaram, , Parangipettai, Puducherry, Chennai, Puri, Sandheads (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryotes Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Bourgueticrinidae Bathycrinus woodmasoni Nicobars A.H. Clark, 1909
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Milteliphaster woodmasoni Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Dictyaster ? woodmasoni Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Caliotropidae Bathybembix woodmasoni Andaman Islands E.A. Smith, 1895
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Zieliana Zieliana woldemarii Andaman Islands x Kiener, 1839
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Macrochlaena winckworthi Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin) Robson, 1929
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Solemyoida Solemyidae Solemya winckworthi Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) B. Prashad, 1932
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Pleurobrancheaidae Euselenops winckworthi Tamil Nadu Satyamurti, 1946
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Ranellinae Gyrineum Gyrineum wilmerianum wilmerianum Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Drillidae Clavus Clavus wilmeri Off cape Comorin (Kanyakumari), Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1878)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cancellariidae Cancellariinae Cancellaria Cancellaria wilmeri Puducherry. Andhra Pradesh, Orissa G.B. Sowerby, 1871
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Anadyomene wightii Harv. In Gray., 2000
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Phaeophyceae Sargassum wightii Gev., 1990
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros wighami Chennai Brightwell
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Tricoma wieseri Cobb, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Palinurellus wieneckii Andaman and Nicobar waters (De Man, 1881)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Caloneis westii Bay of Bengal Hendy
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Pentaceraster westermanni Bay of Bengal (?Nicobars) C.F. Lütken, 1871
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Diploneis weissflogii Chennai Cleve
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Diploneis weissflogii Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Biddulphia weissflogii Bay of Bengal Jan
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Cocconeis weissflogii Bay of Bengal Hendey
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Diploneis weissflogii Bay of Bengal Cl
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Triceratium weissei Western Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rissoidae Rissoininae Rissoina Rissoina weinkauffiana weinkauffiana Andaman Islands G.& H. Nevill, 1884
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Psammobiidae Psammobiinae Gari weinkauffi Andhra Pradesh (Etimukkala near Ongole) (Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Didymocystis wedli Auxis thazard, Thunnus tonggol Visakhapatnam Ariola, 1902
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Amygdalum watsoni Tamil Nadu (off Tranquebar), Andhra Pradesh (Bay of Bengal, Godavari River mouth) (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pectinoida Propeamussiidae Propeamussium watsoni Bay of Bengal E.A. Smith, 1885
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Litiopidae Alaba Alaba warnefordiana warnefordiana Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rissoidae Rissoininae Phosinella Phosinella warnefordiae warnefordiae Andaman Islands (H.B. Preston, 1908)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Umboniinae Monilea warnefordi Andaman Islands G.& H. Nevill, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes waltairensis Visakhapatnam Kamalveni, 1950
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera waltairensis Kakinada and Visakhapatnam George & Muthu, 1970
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Sacoglossa Juliidae Berthelinia waltairensis Andhra Pradesh Sarma, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Skrjabinozoum waltairensis Ariomma indica Visakhapatnam Hussain, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lecithasteridae Aponurus waltairensis Acanthurus bleekeri Visakhapatnam Hussain, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Lepocreadiidae Prodistomum waltairense Rastrelliger kanagurta Visakhapatnam Madhavi, 1972
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Calyptraeidae Siphopatella Siphopatella walshi walshi Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Reeve, 1859)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pseudotriceratium wallichii Bay of Bengal Simonsen
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Plagiogramma wallichianum Bay of Bengal Grev
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Contradusta Contradusta walkeri walkeri Andaman Islands (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Engraulidae Thryssa waitei Jordan & Seale
Eukaryotes Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Comasteridae Comanthus wahlbergi Andamans J. Müller, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Palinustus waguensis Southeast coast of India & Nicobars Kubo, 1963
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Pisaniinae Pollia Pollia wagneri Andaman Islands (Anton, 1839)
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Ceratium vultur Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay Cleve, 1900
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Ceratium vultur var. sumatranum Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pterioida Pteriidae Vulsella vulsella Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus vulnerans off Coromandel coast (Thallawittz, 1890)
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Thoracostomopsidae Enoplolaimus vulgaris De Man, 1893

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