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 Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Paijenborchella (Eopaijenborchella) subcaudatum Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Neosinocythere mckenzii (Annapurna & Ramasarma), 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Neosinocythere dekrooni Kingma, 1948
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Pectocytheridae Kotoracythere inconspicua (Brady), 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheromatidae Paracytheroma ventrosinuosa Zhao and Whatley , 1989
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Callistocythere crispata Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella gracilis Kingma, 1948
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella estuarii Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella kingmaii Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella vasishta Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1979
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella indica Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1979
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Limnocytheridae Limnocythere sanct-patricii Brady & Robertson, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Limnocytheridae Pontocythere fabacea (Brady), 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Costa quadricostatum Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Carinocytheris stimpsoni Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Neocytheromorpha goguleruensis Shyam Sunder, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Basslerites liebaui Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Chrysocythere keiji Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Ambostracon packardi Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Caudites rectangularis Brady, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Caudites javana Kingma, 1948
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Caudites sublevis Bonaduce et al., 1980
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Basslerites liebaui Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Alocopocythere reticulata indoaustrolica Hartmann, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Stigmatocythere indica (Jain), 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Stigmatocythere kingmaii Whatley & Quanhong, 1988
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Chrysocythere keiji Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Lankacythere coralloides (Brady), 1886
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Hemicythereidae Mutilus pentokensis Kingma, 1948
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconcha sinensis Brady, 1867
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconcha sculpta Brady, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxocorniculum lilljeborgii Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconcha guhai Shyam Sunder, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconcha tekkaliensis Varma, 1990
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconcha mandviensis Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconchella honoluliensis Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Paijenborchellina caudatum Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Paijenborchellina reticulatum Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Paijenborchellina prona Lumbimova and Guha, 1960
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Semicytherura sp Sridhar et al., 2002
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Semicytherura sp.cf.S.contraria Zhao and Whatley , 1998
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Hemicytherura sp Sridhar et al., 2002
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Cytheropteron alatum Sars, 1866
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Cytheropteron sp Sridhar et al., 2002
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Cytherura sumatrensis Jain, 1948
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Ilyocyprididae Ilyocypris gibba Ramdohr, 1808
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Ilyocyprididae Ilyocypris bradyi Sars, 1890
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cyprididae Phlyctenophora zealandica Brady, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cyprididae Phlyctenophora orientalis Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cyprididae Phlyctenophora indica Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1988
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytherideidae Miocyprideis spinulosa (Brady ), 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytherideidae Cyprideis mandviensis Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Neocytherideidae Copytus coramandalensis Shyam Sunder, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cushmanideidae Cushmanidea guhai Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Xestolebereidae Ornatolebereis morkhoveni Keij, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Xestolebereidae Xestolebereis variegata Brady, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Paradoxostomatidae Paradoxostoma bhatiai Shyam Sunder, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Paradoxostomatidae Paradoxostoma sp.cf.p.subtile Bonaduce et al., 1980
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Paradoxostomatidae Scelerochilus contortus Norman, 1862
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Macrocyprideidae Macrocyprina decora (Brady), 1866
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Pontocyprididae Propontocypris(Propontocypris) crocata Maddocks, 1969
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Pontocyprididae Propontocypris(shedopontocypris) bengalensis Maddocks, 1969
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytherrettidae Neocytheretta murilineata Zhao and Whatley , 1989
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytherrettidae Neocytheretta snelli Kingma, 1948
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Candoninae Paracypris sp Sridhar et al., 2002
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristomorpha woodmasoni Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Calman, 1925
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Gulf of Mannar, off Chennai, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea (Johnson, 1867)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristeus alcocki West Bengal to Cape Comorin along east coast of India Ramadan, 1938
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristeus virilis Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Hemipenaeus carpentari Bay of Bengal Wood-Mason, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Plesiopenaeus armatus Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Plesiopenaeus coruscans Andamans (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Pseudaristeus crassipes off Cape Comorin, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Pseudaristeus protensus Bay of Bengal Perez Farfante, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Benthesicymus investigatoris Gulf of Mannar and Andaman Sea (Alcock & Anderson, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Gennadas alcocki Off Cape Comorin, Off Ongole, west of Middle Andaman Islands and east of Little Andaman Island Kemp, 1910
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Gennadas bouvieri Bay of Bengal Kemp, 1909
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Gennadas carinatus off Cape Comorin (Smith, 1882)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Gennadas parvus Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Gennadas praecox off Cape Comorin Kemp, 1910
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Gennadas propinquus off Cape Comorin, Bay of Bengal Rathbun, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Gennadas scutatus off Cape Comorin Bouvier, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Atypopeneus compressipes Chennai (Henderson, 1893)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Atypopeneus stenodactylus Cuddalore (Stimpson, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Fenneropenaeus indicus Along east coast of India and Andamans H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Fenneropenaeus merguiensis Along east coast of India and Andamans De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Fenneropenaeus penicillatus Hugli-Matlah estuaries, Sandheads down to Kakinada and Godavari estuary Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Funchalia villosa Andamans (Bouvier, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Litopenaeus vannamei Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh (Boone, 1931)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Marsupenaeus japonicus Along east coast of India and Andamans Bate, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Megokris granulosus Chennai and Kakinada (Haswell, 1879)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Megokris pescadoreensis Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Schmitt, 1931)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Megokris sedili Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Hall, 1961)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Melicertus canaliculatus Along east coast of India and Andamans (Olivier, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Melicertus latisulcatus Machilipatnam down to Gulf of Mannar and Port Blair Kishinouye, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis andamanensis Puducherry down to Cape Comorin and Andaman Sea (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis barbata Chennai, Cuddalore, Kakinada and Visakhapatnam (De Haan, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis ceylonica Kakinada Starobogatov, 1972
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis coniger Machilipatnam, Kalingapatnam, Nellore, Chennai and Andamans (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis gallensis Chennai (Pearson, 1905)

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