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 Note
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten indicus West Bengal: Hugli-Matla Estuary L. Döderlein, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten indicus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar L. Döderlein, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten monacanthus Tamil Nadu: Chennai; Orissa: Mouth of Devi River, Andamans W.P. Sladen, 1883
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten polyacanthus Andamans J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten polyacanthus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten polyacanthus Nicobars J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten tamilicus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar L. Döderlein, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten tamilicus Andamans L. Döderlein, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Astropecten vappa Tamil Nadu: Mahabalipuram; Andamans J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Astropyga radiata Andamans N.G. Leske, 1778
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Astropyga radiata Orissa: Ganjam Coas N.G. Leske, 1778
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Diadematidae Astropyga radiata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Asteroschematidae Astroschema fastosum Nicobars R. Koehler, 1904
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Columbellidae Columbellinae Astyris Astyris suavis off the delta of the Godavari River, Andhra Pradesh (E.A. Smith, 1906)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mesodesmatidae Mesodesmatinae Atactodea striata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Dorididae Atagema tristis Andhra Pradesh, Nicobars (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Atlantidae Atlanta Atlanta peronii peronii Bay of Bengal Leseur, 1817
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pterioida Pinnidae Atrina pectinatapectinata Tamil Nadu (Chennai), West Bengal (Digha, Sandheads), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1767)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pterioida Pinnidae Atrina vexillum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Chennai), Andhra, Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (I. Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Enterogona Aplousobranchia Didemnidae Atriolum AS 835 P22 Tirunelveli Meenakshi, 2003 Note 1
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Sciaenidae Atrobucca nibe (Jordan & Thompson, 1911)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Muricinae Attiliosa Attiliosa nodulifera Andaman Islands G.B. Sowerby II, 1841
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Muricinae Attiliosa Attiliosa orri Andaman Islands W.O. Cernohorsky, 1976
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 Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys amygdala Andaman Islands G.B. Sowerby I, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys cylindricus Andaman Islands (Helbling, 1779)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys darnleyensis Andaman Islands Brazier, 1897
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys elongatus Andaman Islands A. Adams, 1850
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys hyalinus Andaman Islands Watson, 1884
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys naucum Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys neglectus Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys nonscriptus Andaman Islands (A. Adams, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys pacei Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys submalleata Andaman Islands E.A. Smith, 1904
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Haminoeidae Atys vixumbilicata Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Aulacodiscus orbiculatus Chennai Subrahmanyan, 1946
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Auliscus sculptus Chennai Ralfs
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Auliscus sculptus Bay of Bengal Ralfs in Pritchard
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Auliscus sculptus Bay of Bengal Ralfs
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Aulocoseira granulata Bay of Bengal Simonsen
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Aurosepina arabica Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Massy, 1916
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Scombridae Auxis thazard thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Scombridae Auxis thazard rochei (Risso, 1810)
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Postciliodesmatophora Karyorelictea Protoheterotrichida Geleiidae Avelia Avelia dragescoi Kalavati and Raman, 2008
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Avrainvillea erecta (Berk.) Gepp.& Gepp., 1990
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Avrainvillea amadelpha (Mont.) Gepp.& Gepp., 2009
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Axinidae Axine hemirhamphae Rhynochohamphus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847) Puri, Orissa Tripathi, 1957
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Axinidae Axinoides synorchis Chorinemus sp. Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Gupta and Khanna, 1975
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Axinidae Axinoides tylosuri Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) Madras, Tamil Nadu Yamaguti, 1938
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Monhysterida Axonolaimidae Axonolaimus paraspinosus Stekhoven and Adam, 1931
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Monhysterida Axonolaimidae Axonolaimus spinosus Butschli, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Monhysterida Axonolaimidae Axonolaimus hexapilus Wieser and Hopper, 1967
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Monhysterida Axonolaimidae Axonolaimus typicus De Man, 1922
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Solecurtidae Solecurtinae Azorinus coarctatus Andhra Pradesh, Andamans J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Azpeitia africana Bay of Bengal Fryxell & Watkins
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Azpeitia biradiata Bay of Bengal Sims
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Azpeitia elongatula Bay of Bengal Sims in Fryxell et al
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Azpeitia neocrenulata Bay of Bengal Fryxell & Watkins
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Azspeitia nodulifer Bay of Bengal Fryxell & Sims
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae B. yamagutii n/a Carangoides malabaricus Puri Gupta & Singh, 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Babelomurex Babelomurex indicus off South India (E.A. Smith, 1899)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Babyloniidae Babylonia Babylonia ambulacrum Andaman Islands (G.B. Sowerby, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Babyloniidae Babylonia Babylonia spirata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Babyloniidae Babylonia Babylonia zeylanica Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Phaeophyceae Bachelotia antillarum (Grun.) Ger., 1970
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Chennai Gmelin
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paxillifera Parangipettai, Vellar Hendey
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Godavari Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Madras Gmelin
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria pixillifer Bay of Bengal Hendey
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Chilka Lake Gmelin
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum delicatulum Chennai Cleve
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum hyalinum Chennai Lauder
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum hyalinum var.princeps Chennai Ikari
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum varians Chennai Lauder
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum elegans Chennai Pavillard
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum cosmosum Chennai Pavillard
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum delicatulum Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum hyalinum Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum varians Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum comosum Bay of Bengal, Waltair
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum comosum Central Bay of Bengal, Western Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum delicatulum Central Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum furcatum Central Bay of Bengal, Western Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum hyalinum Central Bay of Bengal, Western Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum mediterranean Western Bay of Bengal
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum varians Porto Novo
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum cosmosum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum delicatulum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum hyalinum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum varians Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum furcatum Bay of Bengal Shadb
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum comosum Bay of Bengal Pavill
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum hyalinum principes Bay of Bengal Ikari
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum delicatulum Bay of Bengal Cl
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum hyalinum Chilka Lake

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