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 Genus Species Subspecies Occurrence Authority Referencessort descending Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Spiropagurus profundorum Andaman Sea Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Spiropagurus spinocarpis Chennai, Andamans Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Parapagurus pilosimanus Off Cape Comorin, Bay of Bengal Smith, 1879
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Oncopagurus bicristatus Andaman Sea A. Milne Edwards, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Oncopagurus indicus Andaman Sea (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Oncopagurus monstrosus Off Cape Comorin, Coromandel coast (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Parapaguridae Sympagurus andersoni Off Cape Comorin (Henderson, 1896)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Pylochelidae Parapylocheles scorpio Andaman Sea (Alcock, 1894)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Pylochelidae Xylocheles miersii Andamans (Alcock & Anderson, 1899)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeus fissurus Ganjam coast and Andamans (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Fenneropenaeus penicillatus Hugli-Matlah estuaries, Sandheads down to Kakinada and Godavari estuary Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus affinis Hugli-Matlah estuaries down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeus longipes Sandheads down to Cuddalore Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Coenobita cavipes Hugli River mouth to Gulf of Mannar, Andamans and Nicobars Stimpson, 1858
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes custos Sandheads to Gulf of Mannar, Andamans (Fabricius, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes merguiensis Orissa coast to Gulf of Mannar De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes miles Orissa coast to Gulf of Mannar (Fabricius, 1787)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius corallinus Andamans and Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Ciliopagurus kremfi Tuticorin, Andamans (Forest, 1952)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Ciliopagurus strigatus Tuticorin, Andamans (Herbst, 1804)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes rectimanus Orissa coasat, Chennai Miers, 1884
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes violaceus Visakhapatnam, Chennai Henderson, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Paguridae Pagurus punctulatus Gulf of Mannar and Andamans Olivier, 1811
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Coenobitidae Coenobita rugosus Lake Chilika to Gulf of Mannar, Andamans and Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Clibanarius clibanarius Mouth of Hugli to Cuddalore (Herbst, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus hessii Sandheads to Gulf of Mannar (Miers, 1884)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes planimanus Sandheads to Rameswaram Henderson, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus setifer Kakinada to Gulf of Mannar (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus deformis Gulf of Mannar, Andamans, Nicobars H. Milne Edwards, 1836
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Dardanus pedunculatus Visakhapatnam, off Mandapam, Andamans (Herbst, 1804)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Diogenidae Diogenes investigatori Sagar Island to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
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 Paguristes longirostris Off Ganjam coast, Visakhapatnam, Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar Dana, 1951
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Atypopeneus compressipes Chennai (Henderson, 1893)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis cultirostris Ganjam coast, Orissa coast and Sandheads Alcock, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis hardwickii Orissa down to Puducherry (Miers, 1878)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Trachysalambria aspera Ganjam coast down to Chennai and Andamans (Alcock, 1906)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus ensis Sandheads down to Chennai and Andamans (De Haan, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Marsupenaeus japonicus Along east coast of India and Andamans Bate, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis nana Orissa down to Chennai Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis sculptilis Sandheads down to Cuddalore (Heller, 1862)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Fenneropenaeus indicus Along east coast of India and Andamans H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Fenneropenaeus merguiensis Along east coast of India and Andamans De Man, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus brevicornis Hugli-Matlah estuaries down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus dobsoni Hugli-Matlah estuaries down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (Miers, 1878)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus lysianassa Sandheads down Gulf of Mannar (De Man, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus monoceros Sandheads down Gulf of Mannar (Fabricius, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis acclivirostris Orissa down to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis stylifera coromandelica Sandheads down to Cuddalore and Port Blair Alcock, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis stylifera stylifera Hugli-Matlah estuaries down to Gulf of Mannar and Port Blair (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis uncta Ganjam coast down to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1905
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Penaeus monodon Sandheads down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans Fabricius, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeopsis stridulans Paradeeep down to Gulf of Mannar, Andamans (Alcock, 1905)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Penaeus semisulcatus Puri down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans De Haan, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Sacoglossa Plakobranchacea Caliphyllidae Polybranchia orientalis Andamans, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Kelaart, 1857)
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Cidariidae Prionocidaris baculosa Coromandel Coast J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Fibulariidae Fibularia volva Andhra Pradesh: Coromandel Coast L. Agassiz, 1847
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Schizasteridae Schizaster gibberulus Off Andhra Pradesh, 140 25’ N 800 15’ 45” E L. Agassiz, 1847
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 Metalia sternalis Off Andhra Pradesh, 140 25’ N 800 15’ 45” E J.B.P.A. Lamarck de, 1816
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Spatangidae Nacospatangus alta Off Andhra Pradesh, 140 25’ N 800 15’ 45” E A. Agassiz, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Loveniidae Lovenia elongata Andhra Pradesh: Coromandel Coast J.E. Gray, 1845
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Echinodea Loveniidae Breynia vredenburgi Andamans A.R.S. Anderson, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Platycopa Cytherellidae Cytherella punctata Brady, 1866
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Platycopa Cytherellidae Cytherella pulchara Brady, 1866
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Platycopa Cytherellidae Cytherelloidea leroyi Keij, 1964
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Platycopa Cytherellidae Cytherelloidea subreticulata Keij, 1964
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Bairdidae Neonesidea villosa Brady, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Keijella oertlii Jain, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Hemicytheridea reticulata Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Hemicytheridea andhraensis (Annapurna & Ramasarma), 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Neomonoceratina indica Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Neomonoceratina spinosa Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Paijenborchella (Eopaijenborchella) subcaudatum Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheridae Neosinocythere mckenzii (Annapurna & Ramasarma), 1985
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Callistocythere crispata Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella gracilis Kingma, 1948
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella estuarii Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella kingmaii Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1984
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella vasishta Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1979
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Leptocytheridae Tanella indica Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1979
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Limnocytheridae Limnocythere sanct-patricii Brady & Robertson, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Limnocytheridae Pontocythere fabacea (Brady), 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Costa quadricostatum Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Carinocytheris stimpsoni Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Neocytheromorpha goguleruensis Shyam Sunder, 1992
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Basslerites liebaui Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Chrysocythere keiji Jain, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Ambostracon packardi Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Trachyleberididae Caudites rectangularis Brady, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconcha sinensis Brady, 1867
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconcha sculpta Brady, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Loxoconchidae Loxoconchella honoluliensis Brady, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Paijenborchellina caudatum Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Paijenborchellina reticulatum Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cytheruridae Cytheropteron alatum Sars, 1866
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Ilyocyprididae Ilyocypris gibba Ramdohr, 1808
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cyprididae Phlyctenophora zealandica Brady, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda Podocopida Podocopa Cyprididae Phlyctenophora indica Annapurna & Ramasarma, 1988

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