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 Phylumsort descending Subphylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Genus Species Subspecies Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis hilarula Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (De Man, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis mogiensis consobrina Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar and Andaman Sea (Nobili, 1904)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis palmensis Port Blair (Haswell, 1879)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis stridulans Paradeeep down to Gulf of Mannar, Andamans (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis tolensis Chennai Hall, 1962
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 Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus baramensis Corbyn’s Bay near Port Blair Hall, 1962
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus brevicornis Hugli-Matlah estuaries down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus dobsoni Hugli-Matlah estuaries down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (Miers, 1878)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus elegans Chauldari in Andamans De Man, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus ensis Sandheads down to Chennai and Andamans (De Haan, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus intermedius Port Blair (Kishinouye, 1900)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus krishnatrii Corbyn;s Cove near Port Blair Silas and Muthu, 1976a
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus kutchensis Hugli-Matlah estuaries and Sandheads George, George & Rao, 1963
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus lysianassa Sandheads down Gulf of Mannar (De Man, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus monoceros Sandheads down Gulf of Mannar (Fabricius, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus moyebi Chennai down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (Kishinouye, 1896)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis acclivirostris Orissa down to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis cornuta Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (Kishinouye, 1900)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis cultirostris Ganjam coast, Orissa coast and Sandheads Alcock, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis hardwickii Orissa down to Puducherry (Miers, 1878)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis indica Kakinada De Man, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis nana Orissa down to Chennai Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis sculptilis Sandheads down to Cuddalore (Heller, 1862)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis stylifera coromandelica Sandheads down to Cuddalore and Port Blair Alcock, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis stylifera stylifera Hugli-Matlah estuaries down to Gulf of Mannar and Port Blair (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis tenella Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis uncta Ganjam coast down to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeus fissurus Ganjam coast and Andamans (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeus investigatoris Off Coromandel coast, Gulf of Mannar, Bay of Bengal and Andamans Alcock & Anderson, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeus longipes Sandheads down to Cuddalore Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Penaeopsis jerryi off Pulicat, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea Perez Farfante, 1979
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Penaeus monodon Sandheads down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans Fabricius, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Penaeus semisulcatus Puri down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans De Haan, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Trachysalambria aspera Ganjam coast down to Chennai and Andamans (Alcock, 1906)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Trachysalambria curvirostris Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Stimpson, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Trachysalambria fulva Chennai and Port Blair (Dall, 1957)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Sicyoniidae Sicyonia lancifer Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Olivier, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Sicyoniidae Sicyonia parajaponica Chennai Crosnier
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Haliporus microps Bay of Bengal, near the Andaman (Smith, 1884)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Haliporus taprobanensis off Gulf of Mannar and off Cape Comorin (Alcock & Anderson, 1899)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Hymenopenaeus equalis off Parangipettai, off Nellore, and Andaman Sea (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Hymenopenaeus neptunus Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera annectens Andaman Sea off South Island (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera choprai Chennai and Cuddalore Nataraj, 1945
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera crassicornis Sandhead down Gulf of Mannar (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera hextii Sandhead down Gulf of Mannar Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera melantho Sandhead down to Kakinada De Man, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera pectinata Kakinada, Visakhapatnam and Andamans (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera waltairensis Kakinada and Visakhapatnam George & Muthu, 1970
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Nephropidae Metanephrops andamanicus Andamans (Wood-Mason, 1892)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Nephropidae Nephropsis carpenteri Sandheads to Nagapatinam Wood-Mason, 1885
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Nephropidae Nephropsis ensirostris Off Nellore to Cape Comorin, & Andaman Sea Alcock, 1901
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Nephropidae Nephropsis stewarti Off Visakhapatnam to Mandapam, & Andaman Sea Wood-Mason, 1872
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Linuparus andamanensis West and east coast of South, Andaman Island Mustafa, 1990
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Linuparus somniosus East coast of South Andaman Berry and George, 1972
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Palinurellus wieneckii Andaman and Nicobar waters (De Man, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Palinustus waguensis Southeast coast of India & Nicobars Kubo, 1963
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Panulirus homarus homarus Visakhapatnam to Cape Comorin & Nicobars (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Panulirus longipes longipes Chennai, Mandapam & Port Blair (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Panulirus ornatus East coast of India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Fabricius, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Panulirus penicillatus Chennai, Mandapam & Port Blair (Olivier, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Panulirus polyphagus Visakhapatnam to Cape Comorin & Port Blair (Herbst, 1793)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Panulirus versicolor Visakhapatnam to Cape Comorin, , Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Latreille, 1804)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Puerulus angulatus Off Great Nicobar Island (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Puerulus sewelli Andhra to Gulf of Mannar Ramadan, 1938
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Scyllaridae Scyllarides tridacnophaga Mandapam Holthuis, 1967
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Scyllaridae Parribacus antarcticus Mandapam (Lund, 1793)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Scyllaridae Biarctus sordidus Mandapam (Stimpson, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Scyllaridae Chelarctus cultrifer East coast of India (Ortmann, 1897)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Scyllaridae Eduarctus martensii Visakhapatnam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Pfeffer, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Scyllaridae Petrarctus rugosus East coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Scyllaridae Scammarctus batei batei Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Holthuis, 1946)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Scyllaridae Thenus indicus Orissa to Gulf of Mannar & Leach, 1816
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Polychelidae Pentacheles gibbus Andaman Sea Alcock, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Polychelidae Pentacheles obscurus Bay of Bengal Bate, 1878
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Polychelidae Polycheles typhlops Andaman Sea Heller, 1862
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Polychelidae Stereomastis cerata Andaman Sea (Alcock, 1894)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Polychelidae Stereomastis phosphorus Andaman Sea (Alcock, 1894)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Polychelidae Stereomastis sculpta Andaman Sea (Smith, 1880)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Callianassidae Calllanassa lignicola Andaman Sea Alcock and Anderson, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Callianassidae Callianassa maxima Lake Chilika & Chennai A. Milne Edwards, 1870
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Callianassidae Gebicula exigua Andaman Sea Alcock, 1901
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Eurysquillidae Manningia andamanensis North Andamans Ghosh, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Gonodactylidae Gonodactylaceus falcatus Mandapam, Rameswaeam, Sandheads, North Andamans (Fabricius, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Gonodactylidae Gonodactylaceus glabrous Pamban, Kilakarai, Tuticorin, Andaman & Nicobar (Brooks, 1886)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Gonodactylidae Gonodactylus chiragra Andamans (Fabricius, 1781)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Gonodactylidae Gonodactylus demani Tuticorin, Mandapam, Rameswaram, Kilakarai, Chennai Henderson, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Gonodactylidae Gonodactylus platysoma Andamans Wood-Mason, 1895
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Gonodactylidae Gonodactylus smithii Southeast coast (Pocock, 1893)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Odontodactylidae Odontodactylus brevirostris Andaman (Miers, 1884)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Odontodactylidae Odontodactylus latirostris Cinque and Interview Islands in, Andamans Borradaile, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Protosquillidae Chorisquilla andamanica Coco group of Islands, , Table Island & Littile Andaman Manning, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Protosquillidae Chorisquilla excavata Coco & Table Islands, Littile Andaman (Miers, 1880)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Protosquillidae Chorisquilla gyrosa Andamans (Odhner, 1823)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Protosquillidae Haptosquilla glyptocercus Andaman & Nicobar (Wood-Mason, 1875)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Protosquillidae Haptosquilla lenzi North Andamans (Holthuis, 1941)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Protosquillidae Haptosquilla pulchella Tuticorin, Mandapam, Chennai, Sandheads (Miers, 1880)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Stomatopoda Unipellata Protosquillidae Haptosquilla tuberosa Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Pocock, 1893)

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