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 Class Genus Species Variety Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros lorenzianum Godavari Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleaurosigma delicatula Godavari Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia alata Godavari Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Asterionella japonica Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphiprora gigantea Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Achnanthes brevipes Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphora ovalis Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Vellar Estuary
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 Bellorochea malleus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros didymud Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros diversus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros peruvianus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros lorenzianus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus centralis Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus eccentricus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus gigas Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus jonesianus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus radiatus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Cyclotella stelligera Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Cyclotella meneghiniana Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Ditylum brightwellii Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Ditylum sol Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Eucampia zoodiacus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Fragilaria oceanica Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Gyrosigma balticum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Hemidiscus hardmannianus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Lauderia annulata Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Lithodesmium undulatum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Melosira sulcata Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Navicula granulata Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Navicula longa Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Navicula indica Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia closterium Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia longissima Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia paradoxa Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia sigmoidea Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Odontella mobilensis Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Odontella sinensis Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Odontella heteroceros Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Odontella aurita Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Planktoniella sol Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleurosigma estuarii Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleurosigma elongatum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleurosigma angulatum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia alata Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia cylindrus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia robusta Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia hebetata Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Skeletonema costatum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Stephanopyxix palmeriana Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Thalassionema nitzschioides Krishna Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Thalassiothrix frauenfeldii Krishna Estuary, Godavari Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Thalassiothrix longissima Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Triceratium favus Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Triceratium reticulatum Vellar Estuary
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Skeletonema coststum Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Cyclotella meneghiniana Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia longissima Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Thalassiosira decipiens Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros pelagicus Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Asterionella japonica Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Thalassiothrix frauenfeldii Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia seriata Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Biddulphia mobiliensis Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Navicula longa Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia alata Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus centralia Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia palea Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Thalassionema nitzschioides Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Pleurosigma elongatum Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphiprora gigantea Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Amphora lineolata Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacillaria paradoxa Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Bacteriastrum varians Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros curvisetus Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus excentricus Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Diploneis weissflogii Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Ditylum brightwelli Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Gyrosigma balticum Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Lauderia annulata Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Leptocylindrus danicus Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Melosira moniliformis Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia closterium Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Nitzschia grunowii Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Planktoniella sol Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Rhizosolenia stolterfothii Visakhapatnam Harbour
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Biddulphia mobiliensis Madras Grun
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Biddulphia sinensis Madras Grev
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros affinis Madras Grev
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros decipiens singularis Madras Gran
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros didymus Madras Gran
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros diversus Madras Ehrenb
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros lorenzianus Madras Grun
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Coscinodiscus subleneatus Madras Grun
Eukaryota Chromista Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyceae Cyclotella meneghiniana Madras Kutz

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