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 Note
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Personidae Distorsio Distorsio anus anus Nicobars (C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Donacidae Donax Paradonax aperittus Tamil Nadu, Orissa (J.C. Melvill, 1897)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Fulvia aperta Andhra Pradesh ( Barua), Orissa (Mouth of Chilka) (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Philinidae Philine aperta Andhra Pradesh (C. Linnaeus, 1767)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Gastrochaenoidea Gastrochaenidae Spenglerichaena apertissima Tamil Nadu (Manauli Island) (W.H. Deshayes, 1855)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra aphrodina Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andamans (G.P. Deshayes, 1854)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Didymozoidae Koellikeroides apicalis Thunnus tonggol Visakhapatnam Yamaguti, 1970
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Dorididae Halgerda apiculata Andhra Pradesh (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Mastogloia apiculata Bay of Bengal W. Smith
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Cacconeis apiculata Bay of Bengal A.S
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus apiculatus Chennai Ehrenberg
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus apiculatus Bay of Bengal Ehrenb
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Temnopleuridae Temnopleurus apodus Andamans A. Agassiz and H.L. Clark, 1943
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Poromyoina Cuspidariidae Cuspidaria approximata Investigator Stas. 116 and 322 : Andaman Sea E.A. Smith, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Dentalium aprinum Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1767
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Citharistes apsteini Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Dinoflagellata Citharistes apsteini Schutt Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex aquaedulois Stammer, 1935
Prokaryota Bacteria Cyanobacteria Synecocystis aquatilis Chilka Lake
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Aurosepina arabica Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Massy, 1916
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Mauritia Mauritia arabica arabica Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Bullidae Bulla arabica Andamans Malaquias & Reid, 2008
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Phlebobranchia Ascidiidae Phallusia arabica Tuticorin Savigny, 1816
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Codium arabicum Kuetz, 1985a, b
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Pseudomelatomidae Comitas Comitas aracana off Andamns (E.A. Smith, 1899)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Asteromphalus arachne Bay of Bengal Ralfs in Pritchard
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea arakana Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai, Pulicat Lake), Orissa (G.& H. Nevill, 1871)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Crassostrea arakanensis Estuaries and backwaters of Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal (G.B. Sowerby II, 1871)
Eukaryotes Animalia Echinodermata Crinoidea Mariametridae Selenemetra aranea Andamans A.H. Clark, 1909
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus araneosus nicobaricus Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Jolya arata Andamans (W. Dunker, 1856)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus arborescens Tamil Nadu, Andamans Hoyle, 1904
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Uranoscopidae Uranoscopus archeionema Indo Pecific Regan, 1921
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Anticomidae Anticoma arctica Steiner, 1916
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Trigonium arcticum Bay of Bengal Cl
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Trigonium arcticum kerguelensis Bay of Bengal Desik.& Sreelatha
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Trigonium arcticum sexangulatum Bay of Bengal Boyer
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Mediaster arcuatus Andamans W.P. Sladen, 1889
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nassariidae Nassariinae Nassarius Nassarius arcularia arcularia Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nassariidae Nassariinae Nassarius Nassarius arcularia plicatus Andaman Islands (Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Cynoglossidae Cynoglossus arel (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphora arenaria Bay of Bengal Donkin
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Conidae Conus Conus arenatus Andaman & Nicobar Islands Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Costellariidae Costellaria Costellaria arenosa Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cassidae Phalinae Phalium Phalium areola areola Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Pradesh, Orissa, Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Naticidae Naticinae Tanea Tanea areolata areolata Andaman Islands (Recluz, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Oxymeris Oxymeris areolata Nicobars (Link, 1807)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Cnemidocarpa areolata Tuticorin Heller, 1878
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus areolatus Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Orbigny, 1840
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Serranidae Epinephelus sp areolatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius arethusa Visakhapatnam to Gulf of Mannar De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Galeomma argentea Orissa (Ganjam coast) G.P. Deshayes, 1855
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Monodactylidae Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Stromateidae Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Lutjanidae Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Arestorides Arestorides argus argus Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Scatophagidae Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus argus Bay of Bengal Ehrenb
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Haemulidae Pomadasys argyreus (Valenciennes, 1833)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Allopodocotyle argyropsi Argyrops spinifer Visakhapatnam, Kalingapatnam Madhavi, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Turbo( argyrostomus Andaman Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Crassostrea ariakensis Andamans (as Crassostrea rivularis) (Fujita, 1913)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Dactylogyridae Hamatopeduncularia arii Arius jella (Day, 1877), A. dussumieri (Val., 1840) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Yamaguti, 1953
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiothricidae Ophiothrix aristulata Andhra Pradesh: 130 45’ 38” N 800 29’ 37” E; Andamans T. Lyman, 1879
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Chondria armata (Kuetz.) Okamura, 1985
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Gracilaria armata (C. Ag.) Grev., 1990
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia armata Andamans R. Koehler, 1910
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia armata Nicobars R. Koehler, 1910
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Dorididae Haplodoris armata Nicobars (Baba, 1993)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Plesiopenaeus armatus Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Porcellanasteridae Styracaster armatus Bay of Bengal W.P. Sladen, 1883
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Ophidiaster armatus Andamans R. Koehler, 1910
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Rapaninae Reishia Reishia armigera Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Link, 1796)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Clathurellidae Lienardia Lienardia armstrongi Tamil Nadu, Orissa (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Dactylogyridae Haliotrema arsiosa Pseudorhombus arsius ( Hamilton, 1822) Machalipatnum, Andhra Pradesh Venkatanarasaiah, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Paralichthyidae Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Rissoidae Rissoininae Rissoina Rissoina artensis artensis Andaman Islands Montrouzier, 1872
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Neritidae Neritiinae Nerita(Amphinerita) articulata Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Gould, 1847
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria articulata articulata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Andamans (Philippi, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Enoplida Oncholaimidae Oncholaimellus articus Allgen, 1957
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Leptoclinides AS 1017 D5 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1043 E2 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1050 E3 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1051 E5 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 1052 E1 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis AS 1102 E4 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Polysyncraton AS 1118 AB4 Tuticorin Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Trididemnum AS 1175 M2 Tirunelveli Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Polysyncraton AS 1278 C3 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Aplidium AS 1281 B2 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Synoicum AS 1292 AM1 Gulf of Mannar Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Polyclinidae Synoicum AS 1306 BP1 Gulf of Mannar Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Didemnum AS 1318 C1 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Didemnum AS 1319 C2 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Polysyncraton AS 1323 C4 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Polycarpa AS 1324 C7 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Polycarpa AS 1350 C6 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Polysyncraton AS 1356 C5 Kanyakumari Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Didemnum AS 1511 AN1 Gulf of Mannar Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Polysyncraton AS 1512 AO1 Gulf of Mannar Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1

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