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 Host species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Ranellidae Biplex Biplex bozzeti bozzeti Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin) Beu, 1998
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Ranellinae Biplex Biplex perca perca Andaman Islands (Perry, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Ranellinae Biplex Biplex pulchra pulchra Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andamans (Gray in G.B. Sowerby, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Birgus latro South Sentinel Island, Andaman (Linnaeus, 1767)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Bistolida Bistolida kieneri kieneri Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Hidalgo, 1906)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Bistolida Bistolida stolida stolida Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Bistolida Bistolida ursellus ursellus Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cypraeidae Bistolida Bistolida hirundo hirundo Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bivesicula australis n/a Marine fish Andamans Crowcroft, 1947
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Cancellariidae Cancellariinae Bivitella Bivitella similis , Andaman Sea G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Postciliodesmatophora Heterotrichia Heterotrichida Blepharismidae Blepharisma Blepharisma clarissimum Anigstein, 1912
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Boergesenia forbessii (Harv.) Feldm., 1990
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Bolma girgyllus Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1861
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Pyuridae Boltenia transversaria Gulf of Mannar Sluiter, 1904
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Bonartemis juvenilis Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Boodlea composita (Harv.) Brand., 1985 b
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Boodlea struveoides Howe., 1970
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Boodleopsis indica Umamaheswar., 1999
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Dexiarchia Bornellidae Bornella dotoides Andaman Islands Pola, Rudman & Gosliner, 2009
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Bornetella nitida Sond., 2000
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Bostrychia tenella (Vahl.) J. Ag., 1987
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Bostrychia moritziana (Sond.) Kuetz., 2000
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Bostrychia simpliciuscula Harv ex.J. Ag., 2003
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Botrylloides chevalense Tuticorin Herdman, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Botrylloides leachi Tuticorin Savigny, 1816
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Botrylloides magnicoecum Tuticorin Hartmeyer, 1912
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Botrylloides perspicum Chennai Herdman, 1886
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Botryllus purpureus Tuticorin Oka, 1932
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Botryllus schlosseri Tuticorin Pallas, 1766
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Botryllus stewartensis Tuticorin Brewin, 1958
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Urochordata Ascidiacea Pleurogona Stolidobranchia Styelidae Botryllus tuberatus Gulf of Mannar Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Botryocladia skottsbergii (Boerg.) Lerv., 1983
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Botula cinnamomea Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Nicobars (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Brachidontes emarginata West Bengal (canal near Chingrighatta, Kolkata) (L.H. Reeve, 1858)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Brachidontes pharaonis Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Bandar canal, Machilipatnam), Orissa (Chilka Lake), West Bengal (Sandheads ), Great, Nicobar (Galathea River mouth) (P. Fischer, 1870))
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Brachidontes striatulus common all along east coast S. Hanley, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Brachidontes variabilis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Pulicat lake), Andamans (C.F.F. Krauss, 1848)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Soleidae Brachirus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pectinoida Pectinidae Pectininae Bractechlamys corallinoides Andaman Islands A.D. Orbigny, 1834
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Pectinoida Pectinidae Pectininae Bractechlamys vexillum Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1853
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Percophidae Brembrops platyrhyncus Indo Pecific (Alcock, 1893)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Loveniidae Breynia vredenburgi Andamans A.R.S. Anderson, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Schizasteridae Brisaster indicus Andamans R. Koehler, 1914
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga andamanica Andamans J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga bengalensis Andamans J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga panopla Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar W.K. Fisher, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga parallela Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar R. Koehler, 1909
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis luzonica Off Andhra Pradesh, 140 25’ N 800 15’ 45” E J.E. Gray, 1851
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis luzonica Tamil Nadu: Chennai Coast; Orissa: Ganjam Coast J.E. Gray, 1851
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis luzonica Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam Coast; Andamans J.E. Gray, 1851
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis oldhami Andhra Pradesh: Off Krishna Delta A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis oldhami Tamil Nadu: 100 50’ 30"N 800 41’ 30” E A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis oldhami Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 10 Degree Channel A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis parallela Andamans R. Koehler, 1914
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis parallela Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Ten Degree Channel R. Koehler, 1914
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissus latecarinatus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar N.G. Leske, 1778
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Stomatellidae Broderipia rosea Andaman Islands Broderip, 1834
Eukaryota Chromista Rhodophyta Rhodophyceae Bryocladia thwaitesii (Harv.) De Toni, 1970
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Clavagellidae Bryopa lata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) W.J. Broderip, 1835
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Bryopsis pachynema Mart., 1983
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Bryopsis pennata Lamour., 1970, 1983
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C. Ag., 1985
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Chlorophyceae Bryopsis tenuissima De Nort., 1983
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Raphitomidae Buccinaria Buccinaria urania Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1906)
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Bucephalus barina Scatophagus argus , Pennahea anea , Johnius dussumieri , J. carutta , J. belengeri , J. soladdo, Otolithus ruber Visakhapatnam, Kalingapatnam Srivastava, 1938
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Bucephalus jagannathai Scomberomorus guttatus Puri Verma, 1936
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Bucephalus margaritae Terapon jarbua , Pomadasys maculatus , Caranx sexfasciatus , Decapterus russelli , Carangoides malabaricus, C. chrysophrys, Psenes indicus, Zonichthys microfasciatus, Polynemus plebeius Visakhapatnam, Kalingapatnam Ozaki & Ishibashi, 1934
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Bucephalidae Bucephalus uranoscopi Uranoscopus guttatus Visakhapatnam Yamaguti, 1934
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Bursidae Bufonaria Bufonaria crumena crumena Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Lamarck, 1816)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Bursidae Bufonaria Bufonaria echinata echinata East coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Link, 1807)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Bursidae Bufonaria Bufonaria margaritula margaritula Puducherry (Deshayes, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Bursidae Bufonaria Bufonaria rana rana Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Bullidae Bulla ampulla Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, W. Bengal C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Bullidae Bulla arabica Andamans Malaquias & Reid, 2008
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Bullidae Bulla orientalis Andamans Habe, 1950
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Bullidae Bulla vernicosa Andamans Gould, 1859
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nassariidae Bullinae Bullia Bullia melanoides Tamil Nadu Deshayes, 1832
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nassariidae Bullinae Bullia Bullia tranquebarica Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nassariidae Bullinae Bullia Bullia vittata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andaman Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Bursidae Bursa Bursa awatii awatii Coromadle Coast ? H.C. Ray, 1849
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Bursidae Bursa Bursa bufonia bufonia Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Bursidae Bursa Bursa granularis granularis Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Bursidae Bursa Bursa lamarckii lamarckii Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Deshayes, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Anaspidea Aplysiidae Bursatella leachii Andaman Islands Blainville, 1817
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Cacconeis apiculata Bay of Bengal A.S
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Cadella semen Tamil Nadu, Andamans (S. Hanley, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Nudibranchia Euctenidiacea Chromodorididae Cadlinella ornatissima Andaman Islands (Risbec, 1928)
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Postciliodesmatophora Armophorea Armophorida Caenomorphidae Caenomorpha Caenomorpha capucina Kahl, 1933
Eukaryota Protozoa Ciliophora Postciliodesmatophora Armophorea Armophorida Caenomorphidae Caenomorpha Caenomorpha levanderi Kahl, 1927
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Monogenea Polyonchoinea Calceostomatodae Calceostoma durdanae Lutianus yapilli ( Day, 1958) Puri, Orissa Gupta and Sachdeva, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Calcinus gaimardi Andamans and F93 Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Calcinus laevimanus Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar, Andamans (Randall, 1840)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Calcinus latens Andamans (Randall, 1840)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Callianassidae Callianassa maxima Lake Chilika & Chennai A. Milne Edwards, 1870
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Calliaster childreni Andamans J.E. Gray, 1840
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Calliaster mamillifer Andamans A. Alcock, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Callionymidae Callionymus marleyi South-westrn India Regan, 1919
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Callionymidae Callionymus sagitta Pallas, 1770
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Calliostomatiidae Calliostoma speciosa Andaman Islands A. Adams, 1854

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