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 Subspecies Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus rugosus Tamil Nadu (Chennai), West Bengal, Andamans Bosc, 1792
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus taprobanensis Tamil Nadu, Andamans Robson, 1926
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Octopus vulagaris Andamans Lamarck, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Paroctopus honkongensis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans Hoyle, 1885
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Bathypolypodinae Benthoctopus profundorum Andamans Robson, 1932
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Octopodidae Bathypolypodinae Teretoctopus alcocki Andamans Robson, 1932
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Octopoda Incirrata Tremeoctopodidae Tremeoctopus violaceus Coromandel and Orissa Coasts Della Chiaji, 1830
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiadariidae Sepiadarium kochii Andamans Steenstrup, 1881
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Aurosepina arabica Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Massy, 1916
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia aculeata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Ferrussac & Orbigny, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia brevimana Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andamans Steenstrup, 1875
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia elliptica Andhra Pradesh (Kalingapatnam), Orissa (Ganjam) Hoyle, 1885
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia kobiensis Tamil Nadu, Orissa Hoyle, 1885
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia pharaonis Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal Ehrenberg, 1831
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia prashadi Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh Winckworth, 1936
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia thurstoni Tamil Nadu Adams & Rees, 1966
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepia trygonina Tamil Nadu Rochebrune, 1884
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiidae Sepiella inermis Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andhra , Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal Ferussac & Orbigny, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiolidae Euprymna berryi Tamil Nadu, Andamans Sasaki, 1929
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiolidae Euprymna morsei Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Verrill, 1881
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiolidae Inioteuthis japonica Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andamans Verrill, 1881
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiolidae Inioteuthis maculosa Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andamans, Orissa Goodrich, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Sepiina Sepiolidae Sepiola birostrata Andra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam) Sasaki, 1920
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Sepiida Spirulina Spirulidae Spirula spirula Tamil Nadu, Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Myopsida Loligenidae Doryteuthis singhalensis Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal Ortman, 1891
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Myopsida Loligenidae Loligo bengalensis Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Jothinayagam, 1987
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Myopsida Loligenidae Loligo duvauceli Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andamans Orbigny, 1835
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Myopsida Loligenidae Loligo uvii Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andamans Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Myopsida Loligenidae Loliolus investigatoris Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal Goodrich, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Myopsida Loligenidae Sepioteuthis lessoniana Tamil Nadu, Andamans Lesson, 1930
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Chiroteuthidae Chiroteuthis imperator Coromandel coast, Bay of Bengal Chenu, 1910
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Chiroteuthidae Chiroteuthis macrosoma Bay of Bengal Goodrich, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Chiroteuthidae Chiroteuthis pellucida Bay of Bengal Goodrich, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Cranchiidae Hensenioteuthis joubini Southern Bay of Bengal Pfeffer, 1912
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Cranchiidae Megalocranchia abyssicola Southern Bay of Bengal Hoyle, 1885
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Endoploteuthidae Endoploteuthinae Abralia andamanica Andamans Goodrich, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Endoploteuthidae Endoploteuthinae Abraliopsis lineata Orissa, Andamans Goodrich, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Histoteuthidae Calliteuthis japonica Andamans Massy, 1916
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Histoteuthidae Histioteuthis hoylei Andamans Goodrich, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Histoteuthidae Histioteuthis reversa Andamans Verrill, 1881
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Ommastrephidae Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis Southern Bay of bengal Lesson, 1830
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Coeloidea Teuthida Oegopsida Onychoteuthidae Onychia caribaea Northern Bay of Bengal Lesueur, 1821
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Cephlopoda Nautiloidea Nautilida Nautilidae Nautilus pompilius Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Acmaeaidae Acmaea achates Andamans L.H. Reeve, 1855
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Acmaeaidae Acmaea inconspicua Andaman Islands J.E. Gray, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Acmaeaidae Acmaea puncturata Nicobar Islands Lamarck, 1819
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Acmaeaidae Acmaea semicornea Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Lottiidae Patelloida flammea Andaman Islands Quoy & Gaimard, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Lottiidae Patelloida saccharina Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Lottiidae Potamacmea fluviatilis West Bengal (Gangetic delta) W.T. Blanford, 1867
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Nacelldae Cellana radiata enneagona Andamans L.H. Reeve, 1854
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Nacelldae Cellana radiata radiata East coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Born, 1780
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Nacelldae Cellana testudinea Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Patellogastropoda Patellidae Scutellastra flexuosa Andaman & Nicobar Islands Quoy & Gaimard, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Acteonidae Acteon virgatus Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1842)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Acteonidae Pupa coccinata Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1842)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Acteonidae Pupa solidula Tamil Nadul (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Amathinidae Amathina tricarinata AndamanI & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Angariidae Angaria delphinus Andaman Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Angariidae Angaria distorta Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Aplustridae Aplustrum amplustre Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Aplustridae Hydatina eximia Andaman Islands Deshayes
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Aplustridae Hydatina zonata Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (Lightfoot, 1786)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Aplustridae Micromelo guamensis Andamans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Architectonica laevigata Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Orissa, Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Architectonica maculata Andaman Islands (Link, 1807)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Architectonica perspectiva Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Heliacus dorsuosus Tamil Nadu, Andamans (Hinds, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Heliacus stramineus Tamil nadu, Puducherry, Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Architectonicidae Psilaxis radiatus Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Acmella Acmella andamanica andamanica West Bengal, Andaman Islands G. Nevill, 1870
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Acmella Acmella roepstorfiana roepstorfiana Andaman Islands G. Nevill, 1870
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Assiminea Assiminea brevicula brevicula Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Assiminea Assiminea francesiae francesiae West Bengal, Andaman Islands (Gray, 1828)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Assiminea Assiminea microsculpta microsculpta West Bengal G. Nevill, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Assiminea Assiminea templeana templeana Nicobar Islands G. Nevill, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Assiminea Assiminea theoboldiana theoboldiana West Bengal, Andaman Islands G. Nevill, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Assimineidae Assiminea Assiminea woodmasoniana woodmasoniana Andaman Islands G. Nevill, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Atlantidae Atlanta Atlanta peronii peronii Bay of Bengal Leseur, 1817
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Babyloniidae Babylonia Babylonia ambulacrum Andaman Islands (G.B. Sowerby, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Babyloniidae Babylonia Babylonia spirata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Babyloniidae Babylonia Babylonia zeylanica Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Borsoniidae Bathytoma Bathytoma oldhami Tamil Nadu, West Bengal (E.A. Smith, 1899)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Borsoniidae Tomopleura Tomopleura vertebrata (E.A. Smith, 1875)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Buccininae Clea Clea bocki Andhra Pradesh Brot, 1881
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Nassaria Nassaria acuminata Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Nassaria Nassaria coromandelica Bay of Bengal E.A. Smith, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Nassaria Nassaria laevior Andaman Islands E.A. Smith, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Nassaria Nassaria nodicostata Andamans, Port Blair A. Adams, 1851
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Nassaria Nassaria pusilla Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Nassaria Nassaria terrifera Tamil Nadu, off Coromandle coast E.A. Smith, 1895
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Phos Phos rufocincta Andaman Islands E.A. Smith, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Phos Phos senticosus Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Phosinae Phos Phos textus Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Pisaniinae Cantharus Cantharus tranquebaricus Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Pisaniinae Engina Engina alveolata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Kiener, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Pisaniinae Engina Engina lineata Tamil Nadu (L.H. Reeve, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Pisaniinae Engina Engina mendicaria Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Pisaniinae Engina Engina zonalis Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Buccinidae Pisaniinae Manaria Manaria thurstoni Tamil Nadu E.A. Smith, 1906

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