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
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pinnularia acrosphaeria Bay of Bengal Kuetz
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Actinocyclus actinochilus Bay of Bengal Simonsen
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Eulimidae Melanella Melanella acuformis acuformis Andaman Islands (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia aculeata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Ferrussac & Orbigny, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus aculeiformis Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Anticomidae Anticoma acuminata Eberth, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Nassaria Nassaria acuminata Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra acuminata Andaman Islands Swainsosn, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Pyramidellidae Menestho acuminata Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Gamphonema acuminata Bay of Bengal Ehrenb
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum acuminatum Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Plantae Chlorophyta Chlorophyceae Scenedesmus acumintus
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Vexillum Vexillum acupictum Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Prokaryota Bacteria Cyanobacteria Euglena acus Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turridae Lophiotoma Lophiotoma acuta Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Perry, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Siphonaridae Siphonaria acuta Andaman & Nicobar Islands Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Clupeidae Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Mazocraeidae Mazocraeoides acutai Dussumieria acuta (Valenciennes, 1847) Puri, Orissa Gupta and Krishna, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus acutangulus Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lamarck, 1810
Eukaryotes Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Himerometridae Craspedometra acuticirra Andamans P.H. Carpenter, 1882
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turridae Turridrupa Turridrupa acutigemmata West Bengal, Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1877)
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Chaelosporum acutilobum (Decai) Picco., 1985b
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Haplosplanchnidae Schikhobalotrema acutum Tylosurus crocodilus, Hemiramphus marginatus, H. georgei Visakhapatnam, Kalingapatnam Linton, 1910
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Eulimidae Hypermastus Hypermastus acutus acutus Andaman Islands (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carcharhinidae Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster adami Andamans R. Koehler, 1909
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Dreissenoidea Dreissenidae Mytilopsis adamsi Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada, Visakhapatnam) Morrison, 1946
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus adamsoni Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands Broderip, 1836
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Naticidae Naticinae Natica Natica adansoni adansoni Andaman Islands Blainville, 1825
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Tergipedidae Cuthona adayarensis Tamil Nadu Rao, 1952
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Tricoma adelphus Greeff, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Thraciidae Thracia adenensis Andhra Pradesh J.C. Melvill, 1898
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex adenotrichus Lorenzen, 1969
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Jania adhaerens Lamour., 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Acanthocolpidae Stephanostomum adinterruptum Fistularia petimba Visakhapatnam Hafeezullah, 1971
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Podocystis adriatica Bay of Bengal Kuetz
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhabdonema adriaticum Bay of Bengal Kuetz
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex adriaticus Schepotieff, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Myliobatidae Rhinoptera adspersa Müller & Henle, 1841
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophioleucinae Ophiernus adspersus Tamil Nadu: Kanniyakumari; Andamans T. Lyman, 1883
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophioleucinae Ophiernus adspersus 10-Degree Channel between Andamans and Nicobars T. Lyman, 1883
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Muricinae Murex Murex aduncospinosus Andaman Islands G.B. Sowerby II, 1841
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Valonia aegagrophila C. Ag., 2000
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus aegina Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Gray, 1849
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pectinoida Anomiidae Enigmonia aenigmatica Orissa (Mahanadi estuary), West Bengal (Sunderbans), Andaman Islands
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Protocardiinae Lyrocardium aeolicum Andamans (I. Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae: Ophiurinae Ophiura aequalis Andamans T. Lyman, 1878
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillw.) Kuetz., 2000
Prokaryota Bacteria Cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Diploneis aestiva fusca Bay of Bengal Greg
Prokaryota Bacteria Cyanobacteria Lyngbya aestuarii Chilka Lake Liebmann
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleurosiogma aestuarii Chennai Brébisson
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleurosigma aestuarii Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleaurosigma aestuarii Godavari Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleurosigma aestuarii Bay of Bengal W. Smith
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus affinis Hugli-Matlah estuaries down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Pentaceraster affinis Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar affinis Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Pholadina Teredinidae Teredininae Lyrodus affinis Andhra Pradesh (G.P. Deshayes, 1863)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Pusia Pusia affinis Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Myurella Myurella affinis Andaman Islands (Gray, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Scombridae Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Chennai Lauder
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis var. intermedius Chennai Subrahmanyan, 946
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Parangipettai, Vellar Lauder
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Madras Coast
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Western Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Synedra affinis Western Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Madras Grev
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Bay of Bengal Lauder
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleurosigma affinis Chilka Lake
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Synedra affinis Chilka Lake
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Chilka Lake Lauder
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Noetiidae Arcopsis afra Andhra Pradesh (Nizampatnam, Guntur dist., Kakinada Bay, Visakhapatnam (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Chromodorididae Thorunna africana Andaman Islands Rudman, 1984
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Azpeitia africana Bay of Bengal Fryxell & Watkins
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Stauroneis africana Bay of Bengal Cl
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Rhizoclonium africanum Kuetz, 2000, 2003, 1983
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cerithiidae Cerithiinae Cerithium Cerithium africanum africanum Andamans Houbrick, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Horaiclavidae Paradrillia Paradrillia agalma , Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1906)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nassariidae Nassariinae Nassarius Nassarius agapetus Andaman Islands (Watson, 1882)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Prionechinus agassizi Andamans J. Wood-Mason, and A. Alcock, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Phidiaster agassizi Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar R. Koehler, 1909
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Dionchidae Dionchus agassizi Echeneis naucrtes (Linnaeus, 1758) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Goto, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Gibbula ahena Port Blair, Andamans
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammotreta ala Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada, Bay), Orissa (Puri), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar alabastrum Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai), Andhra Pradesh (Kandivalasa, creek, near Vijayanagaram), Orissa (off gopalpur), West bengal (Sandheads) L.H. Reeve, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Chilodontidae Euchelus alabastrum Puducherry, Tamil Nadu LA. Reeve, 1857
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pterioida Pteriidae Electroma alacorvi Orissa (off Gopalpur), Andamans (Dillwyn, 1817)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Naticidae Naticinae Naticarius Naticarius alapapilionis alapapilionis Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andaman Is (Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Potamididae Cerithidea Cerithidea alata alata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Andamans (Philippi, 1849)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia alata Chennai Brightwell
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia alata forma gracillima Chennai Grunow
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia alata forma indica Chennai Ostenfeld
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia alata forma inermis Chennai Hustedt
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Proboscia alata Parangipettai, Vellar, Coleroon Coast, Coleroon Estuary SundstrÖm
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia alata Bay of Bengal, Waltair

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