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 descending Subgenus Species Subspecies Variety Host species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Myliobatidae Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Olividae Agaroniinae Agaronia Agaronia gibbosa Orissa, W. Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andaman Islands (Born, 1778)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Olividae Agaroniinae Agaronia Agaronia nebulosa ? Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Aglajidae Aglaja tricolorata Andaman Islands Renier, 1807
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Aglaothammion cordatum (Boerg.) Feldmann – mazoyer , 1970
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Aglaothamnion byssoides (Arno. ex Harv.), Hardy-Halos & Ruen, 2000
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Ahnfeltiopsis pygmeaus (J. Ag.) Silva & De Cew, 1996, 1999
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Litiopidae Alaba Alaba warnefordiana warnefordiana Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Alcicornis carangis Carangoides , malabaricus , C. chrysophrys Visakhapatnam, Kalingapatnam MacCallum , 1917
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Alcicornis hemiramphi Dermogenys, brachinopterus Puri Gupta & Tandon, 1983
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Alcicornis jairajpuri Eupleurogrammus muticus Puri Gupta & Gupta, 1989
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Alcicornis multidactylus Caesio coerulureus , Zonichthys microfasciatus Visakhapatnam Madhavi, 1974
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Alcicornis scomberi Rastrelliger kanagurta Puri Gupta & Ahmad , 1964
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Dorididae Aldisa erwinkoehleri Tamil Nadu Perrone2001
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carangidae Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carangidae Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Squillidae Alima heteroglypica Chennai (Kemp, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Monorchiidae Allobacciger macrorchis Scolopsis vosmeri Visakhapatnam Hafeezullah & Siddiqi, 1970
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Loimoidae Allobenedenia pedunculata Johnius sp. Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Raju and Rao, 1980
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allodecemtestis biacetabulatus Rastrelliger kanagurta, Sillago lutea ; S. chondropus, Saurus indicus Puri Srivastava, 1936
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allodecemtestis carangai Carangoides armatus Puri Gupta & Puri, 1982
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allodecemtestis drepanei Drepane punctata Puri Gupta & Puri, 1982
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allodecemtestis odeningi Terapon theraps Ahmad, 1988
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allodecemtestis skrjabini Cynoglossus bilineatus Ahmad, 1988
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Allodiscocotylidae Allodiscocotyla chorinemi Scomberoides tol (Cuvier) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Yamaguti, 1953
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Allodiscocotylidae Allodiscocotyla diacanthi Scomberoides lysan (Forsskal, 1775) Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Unnithan, 1962
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Cryptogonimidae Allometadena rotunda Lutjanus malabaricus Visakhapatnam Madhavi, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Axinidae Allomonaxine carangoides Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Yamaguti, 1965
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Allonematobothrium epinepheli Epinephelus tauvina Visakhapatnam Yamaguti, 1965
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allopodocotyle argyropsi Argyrops spinifer Visakhapatnam, Kalingapatnam Madhavi, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allopodocotyle coniusi Plotosus conius Kanyakumari Singh, 2009
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allopodocotyle lutianusi Lutjanus rivulatus Puri Gupta & Ahmad, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allopodocotyle pritchardae Lutjanus lunulatus Visakhapatnam Madhavi, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allopodocotyle upeneusi Upeneus macronemus Puri Gupta & Ahmad, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allopodocotyle yamagutii Terapon theraps Puri Gupta & Ahmad, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Axinidae Allopseudaxine macrora Apolectus niger (Bloch) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Unnithan, 1957
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Allopseudocolocyntotrema claviforme Euthynnus affinis Visakhapatnam Yamaguti, 1970
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Allopyragraphoridae Allopyragraphorus unifilamentus Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål, 1775) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Raju & Hanumanthe Rao, 1980
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Allostomachicola secundus Hemiramphus limbatus, Chirocentrus dorab Bay of Bengal Srivastava, 1939
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Hemiuridae Allostomachicola rauschi n/a Chirocentrus dorab Puri Gupta & Ahmad, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Alocopocythere reticulata indoaustrolica Hartmann, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rissoidae Rissoinae Alvania Alvania nicobarica nicobarica Nicobars (Thiele, 1925)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rissoidae Rissoinae Alvania Alvania stigmata stigmata Andaman & Nicobar Islands Frauenfeld, 1867
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Epitoniidae Amaea Amaea minor minor Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Orissa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1873)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Olividae Agaroniinae Amalda Amalda booleyi , Andaman Islands (Melvill & Sykes, 1897)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Amathinidae Amathina tricarinata AndamanI & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ambassidae Ambassis ambassis Cuvier, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ambassidae Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Ambostracon packardi Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Amphibdellatidae Amphibdelloides cameroni Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758) Mandapam, Andhra Pradesh Sharma and Gupta, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Dactylogyridae Amphibdelloides maccalumi Torpedo panthera (Olfers 1831) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Price, 1937
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Rhabdophora Litostomatea Pleurostomatida Amphileptidae Amphileptus Amphileptus claparedei Stein, 1867
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Rhabdophora Litostomatea Pleurostomatida Amphileptidae Amphileptus Amphileptus trachelioides Jach, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphiodia caullery Andhra Pradesh: Mouth of Krishna River R. Koehler, 1897
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphiodia caullery Andamans R. Koehler, 1897
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophiurinae Amphiophiura ornata Nicobrs T. Lyman, 1878
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophiurinae Amphiophiura sculptilis Andamans T. Lyman, 1878
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophiurinae Amphiophiura sordida Andamans R. Koehler, 1897
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophiurinae Amphiophiura stellata Andamans T. Studer, 1882
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus cyrtacanthus Andamans H.L. Clark, 1915
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus personatus Andamans; Nicobrs R. Koehler, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus andreae Andamans C.K. Lütken, 1872
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus andreae Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam C.K. Lütken, 1872
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus depressus Orissa: Ganjam Coast; Andamans A.V. Ljungman, 1867
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus depressus Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam, Kakinada A.V. Ljungman, 1867
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus gravelyi Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar James, D.B
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus hastatus West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River A.V. Ljungman, 1867
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus hastatus Andamans A.V. Ljungman, 1867
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus laevis ? West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River T. Lyman, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphioplus laevis ? Andamans T. Lyman, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphipholis misera Andamans R. Koehler, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphipholis squamata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar Delle Chiaje, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphipholis squamata Andamans Delle Chiaje, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphipholis squamata Nicobrs Delle Chiaje, 1828
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphipropra gigantea sulcata Bay of Bengal Cleve
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphipropra paludosa borealis Bay of Bengal Grunow
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphiprora gigantea Chennai GrÜnow
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphiprora gigantea Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphiprora gigantea Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphiprora paludosa subsalina Madras Cleve
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphiprora angustata Bay of Bengal Hendey
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Amphiroa anceps (Lamour.) Decai., 2000
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Amphiroa fragilissima (Linn.) Lamour., 1990, 1970
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Amphiroa foliacea forma erecta Web.V. Boss., 2000
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Amphiroa rigida Lamour., 1990
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Postciliodesmatophora Spirotrichea Stichotrichia Stichotrichida Amphisiellidae Amphisiella Amphisiella andhrae Kalavati and Raman, 2008
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Amphisolenia bidentata Central Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Amphisolenia quadricaudata Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Amphisolenia spinulosa Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Amphisolenia bidentata Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Amphisolenia bidentata Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphiura septemspinosa Andamans H.L. Clark, 1915
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphiura tenuis West Bengal: Matla H.L. Clark, 1938
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphiura dispar Andamans R. Koehler, 1897
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphiura famula Andamans R. Koehler, 1910
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Amphiuridae Amphiura lorioli Bay of Bengal, 170 34’ N 870 59’ E R. Koehler, 1897
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphora lineolata Chennai Ehrenberg
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphora decussata Chennai GrÜnow
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphora ostrearia Chennai Brébisson
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphora coffaeformis Parangipettai, Vellar, Chennai, Coleroon Estuary Mayer

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