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
Superkingdomsort descending Kingdom Phylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Variety Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Chione layardi Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1864)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Placamen calophylla Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai), Orissa (Paradip), Andamans (R.A. Philippi, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Placamen lamellata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam)., Andamans (P.F. Roding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea arakana Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai, Pulicat Lake), Orissa (G.& H. Nevill, 1871)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea imbricata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Orissa, West Bengal (Digha) (G.B. Sowerby II, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea marica Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea scabra Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Chennai, Pulicat Lake), Orissa (S. Hanley, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea smithiana InvestigatorSta. 162: off Cormandel coast Hueber, 2010
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Circe scripta Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Gafrarium dispar Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (L.W. Dillwyn, 1817)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Gafrarium divaricatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Gafrarium pectinatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Vjsakhapatnam), Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Gafrarium tumidum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (P.F. Roding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Clementiinae Clementia papyracea Orissa (Chilka Lake), West Bengal ) Port Canning) (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Bonartemis juvenilis Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia cretacea Tamil Nadu (Reeve, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia fibula Tamil Nadu (Porto Novo, Pulicat lake), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Chilka Lake) (L.H. Reeve, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia histrio Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia prostrata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia puella Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (G.F. Angas, 1867)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia traquebarica Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar) Fischer-Piette, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia tumida Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar), Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.E. Gray, 1838)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Lioconcha castrensis Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Lioconcha ornata Andamans (L.W. Dillwyn, 1817)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Lioconcha trimaculata Andamans (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora excisa Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar), Orissa (J.S. Schroeter, 1788)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora indica Andhra Pradesh (Vlsakhapatnam) (Fischer-Piette & Metivier, 1971)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora jousseaumiana Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar) (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora trigona Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Orissa (Chatrapur, Chandipore), West Bengal (Digha) (L.H. Reeve, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix attenuata Nicobar Islands W. Dunker, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix casta Tamil nadu (estuaries), Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix meretrix East coast (backwaters and estuaries), Nicobars (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Claudiconcha mostrosa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Petricola Petricola divergens Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Petricola Petricola lapicida Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Rupellaria lithophaga Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (A.J. Retzius, 1788)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar affinis Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar alabastrum Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai), Andhra Pradesh (Kandivalasa, creek, near Vijayanagaram), Orissa (off gopalpur), West bengal (Sandheads) L.H. Reeve, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar citrinus Andamans (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar hebraeus Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin) (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar Inflatus Andamans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar nobilis ? Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andhra Pradesh (Champavathi estuary (L.H. Reeve, 1863)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar varina Andamans W. Wood, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta donacina Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Paradip, Chilka Lake) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta effosa Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (p.F. Roding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta kurachensis Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam) (G.B. Sowerby II, 1895)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta meroe Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta scripta Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa, Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta vaginalis Tamilnadu (Gulf of Mannar, Chennai), Orissa (Chandipore) (K.T. Menke, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunettina solanderii Puducherry, Tamil Nadu (Gray, 1825)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus dashami Tamil Nadu (Coromandel coast) (H.C. Ray, 1948)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus exoticus Tamil Nadu (Pamban) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus macrophylla Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (G.P. Deshayes, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Katelysia scalarina West Bengal (Port Canning) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Macridiscus veneriformes Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Marcia hiantina Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada, Vlsakhapatnam), Andamans (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Marcia japonica Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Marcia opima Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Manna, estuaries and backwaters), Andhra., Pradesh (Masulipatnam, Kakinada, Uppada, Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia amabilis Andamans (R.A. Philippi, 1847)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia rotundata Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Port Blair) (C. linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia textile Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Port Blair) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia undulata Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andamans (I. Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Protapes gallus East coast (backwaters and estuaries), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes bruguiere Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), West Bengal (Lakhikantpur), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes philippinarum Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (A. Adams & L. Reeve
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes variegatus Andaman & Nicobar Islands G.B. Sowerby II, 1852
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Tapes conspersus Bay of Bengal (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Tapes literatus Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Red Skin Island) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona chemnitzii Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona lamellaris Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans Schumacher, 1817
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona reticulata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Globivenus toreuma Tamil Nadu (Krusadai), Nicobars (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Periglypta Periglypta clathrata Andamans (G.P. Deshayaes, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Periglypta Periglypta paurpera Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Cirrata Stauroteuthidae/Cirroteuthidae Grimpoteuthis grimaldi Andaman Sea Joubin, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Cirrata Stauroteuthidae/Cirroteuthidae Grimpoteuthis pacifica Andamans Steenstrup, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Argonautidae Argonauta boettgeri Andamans Maltzan, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Argonautidae Argonauta hians Orissa Coast Lightfoot in Solander, 1786
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Bolitaenidae Eledonella diaphana Andamans Hoyle, 1885
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Bolitaenidae Eledonella pygmaea Andamans Verrill, 1884
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Cistopus indicus Tamil Nadu (Chenna I, Gulf of Mannar) Orbigny, 1840
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Danaoctopus hoylei Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andamans Berry, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Hapalochlaena fasciata Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Hoyle, 1886
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Macrochlaena winckworthi Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin) Robson, 1929
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus aegina Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Gray, 1849
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus arborescens Tamil Nadu, Andamans Hoyle, 1904
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus areolatus Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Orbigny, 1840
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus cyaneus Andamans Gray, 1849
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus cyaneus garcilis Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Robson, 1929
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus elegans Andamans Brock, 1887
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus fusiformis Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Palk Strait) Brock, 1887
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus globosus Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa, W. Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Appelloef, 1886
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus herdmani Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) Hoyle, 1904
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus horridus Andamans Ferrussac, 1826
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus macropus Tamil Nadu (Chennai), West Bengal Risso, 1826
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus micropthalmus Andamans Goodrich, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus nierstrazi North Andaman Adam, 1938
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus niveus Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lesson, 1830
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus pallida Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Palk Strait) Hoyle, 1885
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus prashadi Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andamans Adam, 1939

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