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 Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Genus Species Subspecies Host species Occurrence Authority Referencessort descending Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Monorchiidae Opisthomonorcheides stromatensis Pampus argenteus, Apolectus niger Puri Ahmad & Gupta, 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Pseudopecoelus bilqeesae Carangoides malabaricus Puri Ahmad & Dhar, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Pseudopecoelus dollfusi Terapon theraps Puri Ahmad & Dhar, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Neonotoporus overstreeti Psettodes erumei Puri Ahmad & Dhar, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Neonotoporus srivastavai Eupleurogrammus muticus Ahmad & Dhar, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Platyhelminthes Trematoda Digenea Opecoelidae Notoporus fotedari Chaetodon vagabundus Puri Ahmad & Dhar, 1988
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius padavenis Hugli-Matla estuaries to Gulf of Mannar De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes avarus Hugli River mouth to Gulf of Mannar, Nicobars Heller, 1865
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes alias Sandheads to Gulf of Mannar, Nicobars McLaughlin & Holthuis, 2001
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes costatus Sandheads to Gulf of Mannar Henderson, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Spiropagurus spiriger Sandheads to Parangipettai (De Haan, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius infraspinatus Hugli River to Gulf of Mannar (Hilgendorf, 1869)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Dipsacaster sladeni Andaman Sea A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Persephonaster coelochiles Andaman Sea A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Porcellanasteridae Styracaster armatus Bay of Bengal W.P. Sladen, 1883
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Benthopectinidae Pararchaster huddlestoni Bay of Bengal, Carpenters Ridge, 2780 m A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Asterinidae Anseropoda pellucida Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Anthenoides sarissa Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Mediaster arcuatus Andamans W.P. Sladen, 1889
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Milteliphaster woodmasoni Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Nymphaster moebii Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar T. Studer, 1884
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Nymphaster nora Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Paragonaster tenuiradiis Bay of Bengal A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Plinthaster investigatoris Andhra Pradesh: Off Krishna Delta A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Rosaster florifer Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Dictyaster ? woodmasoni Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster alfredi Tamil Nadu: ?off Chennai A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster angulatus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster barathri Tamil Nadu: ?off Chennai A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster carinatus Off Andaman Islands A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster gilesii Off Andaman Islands A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster zea Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Pedicellasteridae Pedicellaster atratus Andamans A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Freyellidae Freyastera tuberculata Bay of Bengal, 3365 m W.P. Sladen, 1889
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Echinolampadidae Echinolampas castanea Off Andhra Pradesh, 140 25’ N 800 15’ 45” E A. Alcock, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Brissidae Brissopsis oldhami Andhra Pradesh: Off Krishna Delta A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Loveniidae Lovenia gregalis Tamil Nadu, 120 50’ N 810 30’ E A. Alcock, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Astropectinidae Dipsacaster pentagonalis Andaman Sea A. Alcock, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Calliaster mamillifer Andamans A. Alcock, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Pseudarchaster mozaicus Andhra Pradesh: SE of Ongol J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster alfredi Off Andhra Pradesh, 150 25’ 06” N 800 25’ 07” E A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Zoroasteridae Zoroaster barathri Off Andhra Pradesh, 150 25’ 06” N 800 25’ 07” E A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Euryalidae Asteromorpha flosculus Andhra Pradesh: 140 11’ 06” N 800 24’ E, 161 m A. Alcock, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Polychelidae Pentacheles gibbus Andaman Sea Alcock, 1894
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 Nephropidae Nephropsis stewarti Off Visakhapatnam to Mandapam, & Andaman Sea Wood-Mason, 1872
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 Metanephrops andamanicus Andamans (Wood-Mason, 1892)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristomorpha woodmasoni Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Calman, 1925
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristeus virilis Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Hemipenaeus carpentari Bay of Bengal Wood-Mason, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Plesiopenaeus armatus Bay of Bengal (Bate, 1881)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Plesiopenaeus coruscans Andamans (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Pseudaristeus crassipes off Cape Comorin, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Pseudaristeus protensus Bay of Bengal Perez Farfante, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Benthesicymidae Benthesicymus investigatoris Gulf of Mannar and Andaman Sea (Alcock & Anderson, 1899
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 Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Nephropidae Nephropsis ensirostris Off Nellore to Cape Comorin, & Andaman Sea Alcock, 1901
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 sculpta Andaman Sea (Smith, 1880)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Callianassidae Gebicula exigua Andaman Sea Alcock, 1901
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 Aristeidae Aristeus alcocki West Bengal to Cape Comorin along east coast of India Ramadan, 1938
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis andamanensis Puducherry down to Cape Comorin and Andaman Sea (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Aristeidae Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Gulf of Mannar, off Chennai, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea (Johnson, 1867)
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 Scyllaridae Thenus indicus Orissa to Gulf of Mannar & Leach, 1816
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Macrura Reptantia Palinuridae Puerulus angulatus Off Great Nicobar Island (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis coniger Machilipatnam, Kalingapatnam, Nellore, Chennai and Andamans (Wood-Mason, 1891)
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 Solenoceridae Solenocera hextii Sandhead down Gulf of Mannar Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
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 Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Birgus latro South Sentinel Island, Andaman (Linnaeus, 1767)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Coenobita perlatus Andamans and Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Bathynarius albicinctus Off Cape Comorin (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Ciliopagurus tenebrarum Cape Comorin (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus lagopodes Andamans (Forskal, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus tinctorr Chennai (Forskal, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus vulnerans off Coromandel coast (Thallawittz, 1890)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus woodmasoni Andamans (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes bicristimanu Ganjam coast to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes balanophilus Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes calvus Northern part of Bay of Bengal, north-east of Little Andaman Island Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes ciliatus Northern part of Bay of Bengal (Heller, 1861)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes mundus Off Port Blair, Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguristes puniceus Chennai, Andamans Henderson, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Paguropsis typica Off Cape Comorin Henderson, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Pseudopaguristes hians Off Ganjam coast (Henderson, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Nematopagurus squamicheli Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus carpoforaminatus Orissa coast, Ganjam coast, Visakhapatnam Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus pergranulatus Andamans (Henderson, 1896)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pylopaguropsis magnimanus Oriisa coast, Ganjam coaat, Pulicat Henderson, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pylopaguropsis zebra Andamans (Henderson, 1893)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Spiropagurus lophomeris Andamans Alcock, 1905

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