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 Subphylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Genus Species Subspecies Occurrence Authority References Contributors
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 Metapenaeopsis tolensis Chennai Hall, 1962
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 Metapenaeus baramensis Corbyn’s Bay near Port Blair Hall, 1962
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 elegans Chauldari in Andamans De Man, 1907
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 Metapenaeus intermedius Port Blair (Kishinouye, 1900)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus krishnatrii Corbyn;s Cove near Port Blair Silas and Muthu, 1976a
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Metapenaeus kutchensis Hugli-Matlah estuaries and Sandheads George, George & Rao, 1963
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 Metapenaeus moyebi Chennai down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (Kishinouye, 1896)
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 cornuta Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans (Kishinouye, 1900)
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 Parapenaeopsis indica Kakinada De Man, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar Alcock, 1906
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 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 tenella Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Bate, 1888)
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 Parapenaeus fissurus Ganjam coast and Andamans (Bate, 1888)
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 Penaeidae Parapenaeus longipes Sandheads down to Cuddalore Alcock, 1905
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 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 Penaeus semisulcatus Puri down to Gulf of Mannar and Andamans De Haan, 1844
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 Trachysalambria curvirostris Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Stimpson, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Penaeidae Trachysalambria fulva Chennai and Port Blair (Dall, 1957)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Sicyoniidae Sicyonia lancifer Visakhapatnam down to Gulf of Mannar (Olivier, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Sicyoniidae Sicyonia parajaponica Chennai Crosnier
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 Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera choprai Chennai and Cuddalore Nataraj, 1945
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera crassicornis Sandhead down Gulf of Mannar (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
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 Solenoceridae Solenocera melantho Sandhead down to Kakinada De Man, 1907
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera pectinata Kakinada, Visakhapatnam and Andamans (Bate, 1888)
Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hoplocarida Decapoda Dendrobranchiata Solenoceridae Solenocera waltairensis Kakinada and Visakhapatnam George & Muthu, 1970
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Acanthuridae Acanthurus mata Bay of Bengal Cuvier, 1829
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Acanthuridae Acanthurus thompsoni Indo Pecific (Fowler, 1923)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Acanthuridae Naso brachycentron Indo Pecific (Val., 1835)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Acanthuridae Naso hexacanthus Indo Pecific (Bleeker, 1855)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Acanthuridae Naso unicornis Indo Pecific (Forsskal, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Acanthuridae Naso vlamingii Indo Pecific (Val., 1835)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ambassidae Ambassis ambassis Cuvier, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ambassidae Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Anguillidae Anguilla bicolor bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Anguillidae Anguilla bicolor bicolor McClelland, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Anguillidae Anguilla bicolor nebulosa McClelland, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Apogonidae Apogon quadrifasciatus Cuvier, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Apogonidae Archamia fucata (Cantor, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Apolectidae Stromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariidae Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariidae Arius jella Day, 1877
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariidae Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariidae Arius thalassius (Rüppell, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariommatidae Ariomma indicum (Day, 1871)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Ariommidae Psenes indicus (Day, 1876)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bagridae Mystus gulio (Hamilton, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Balistidae Balistes rotundatus (Marion de Procé, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Balistidae Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Balistidae Sufflamen fraenatus (Latreille, 1804)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Belonidae Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Belonidae Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Entomacrodus stratus Indo Pecific (Quoy & Gaimard, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Homobranchus ferox Indo Pecific (Herre, 1927)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Istiblennius andamensis Indo Pecific (Day, 1870)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Istiblennius dussumieri Indo Pecific (Valenciennes, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Istiblennius edentulus Indo Pecific (Schneider, 1801)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Istiblennius flaviumbrenus Indo Pecific (Ruppell, 1830)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Istiblennius gibbifrons Indo Pecific (Quoy, Gaimard, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Istiblennius periophthalmus Indo Pecific (Val., 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Petroscirtes breviceps Bay of Bengal (Val, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Blenniidae Petroscirtes mitratus Indo Pecific Ruppell, 830
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Arnoglossus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1865)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Crossorhombus azureus (Alcock, 1889)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Crossorhombus valde-rostratus (Alcock, 1890)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Grammatobothus polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1865)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bothidae Psettina brevirictis (Alcock, 1890)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Bregmacerotidae Kurtus atripinnis (Tickell, 1865)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Caesionidae Dipterygonotus balteatus Bleeker, 1849
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Callionymidae Callionymus marleyi South-westrn India Regan, 1919
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Callionymidae Callionymus sagitta Pallas, 1770
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carangidae Alectis indica (Rüppell, 1830)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carangidae Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carangidae Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carangidae Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Fish Carangidae Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

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