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 Family Genus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Benthopectinidae Pectinaster mimicus Tamil Nadu (Pondicherry coast- Off Karaikal) W.P. Sladen, 1889 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga andamanica Andamans J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891 Wood-Mason, J. et al., 1891 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga bengalensis Andamans J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891 Wood-Mason, J. et al., 1891 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga panopla Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar W.K. Fisher, 1906 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Brisinga parallela Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar R. Koehler, 1909 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Brisingidae Stegnobrisinga gracilis Andamans R. Koehler, 1909 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Chaetasteridae Chaetaster vestitus Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Dictyaster xenophilus Andaman Sea, 110 31’ 40” N 920 46’ 06” E, 344-402m J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891 Wood-Mason, J. et al., 1891 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Dictyaster ? woodmasoni Andamans A. Alcock, 1893 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Echinaster callosus Andamans E. von Marenzeller, 1895 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Echinaster luzonicus Andamans; Nicobars J.E. Gray, 1840 Soota, T.D. et al., 1979 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Echinaster luzonicus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J.E. Gray, 1840 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Echinaster purpureus Nicobars J.E. Gray, 1840 James, D.B., 1983 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Echinaster purpureus Orissa: 5 miles S of Ganjam J.E. Gray, 1840 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Echinaster purpureus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J.E. Gray, 1840 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Echinasteridae Henricia mutans Andamans R. Koehler, 1909 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Freyellidae Freyastera tuberculata Bay of Bengal, 3365 m W.P. Sladen, 1889 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Freyellidae Freyella benthophila Bay of Bengal, 90 34’ N 850 43’ 15” E, 3652 m W.P. Sladen, 1889 Wood-Mason, J. et al., 1891 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Freyellidae Freyella indica Andamans R. Koehler, 1909 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Anthenoides sarissa Andamans A. Alcock, 1893 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Calliaster childreni Andamans J.E. Gray, 1840 James, D.B., 2004 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Calliaster mamillifer Andamans A. Alcock, 1894 Alcock, A., 1894 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Ceramaster mortenseni Andamans R. Koehler, 1909 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Lithosoma pentaphylla Andamans A. Alcock, 1893 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Mediaster arcuatus Andamans W.P. Sladen, 1889 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Milteliphaster woodmasoni Andamans A. Alcock, 1893 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Nymphaster moebii Andamans T. Studer, 1884 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Nymphaster moebii Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar T. Studer, 1884 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Nymphaster nora Andamans A. Alcock, 1893 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Ogmaster capella Andamans J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Paragonaster tenuiradiis Bay of Bengal A. Alcock, 1893 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Pentagonaster sp. Andamans n/a Wood-Mason, J. et al., 1891 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Plinthaster investigatoris Andhra Pradesh: Off Krishna Delta A. Alcock, 1893 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Pseudarchaster jordani Tamil Nadu (Pondicherry coast) W.K. Fisher, 1906 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Pseudarchaster mozaicus Andamans J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891 Wood-Mason, J. et al., 1891 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Pseudarchaster mozaicus Andhra Pradesh: SE of Ongol J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891 Alcock, A., 1894 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Pseudarchaster mozaicus Tamil Nadu: NE of the Mouth of Kaveri River J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock, 1891 Koehler, R., 1909 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Rosaster confinis Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Rosaster florifer Andamans A. Alcock, 1893 Alcock, A., 1893 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Siraster tuberculatus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar H.L. Clark, 1915 James, D.B., 1988 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Stellaster childreni Andamans; Andhra Pradesh; Orissa J.E. Gray, 1840 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Stellaster childreni Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J.E. Gray, 1840 James, D.B., 1988 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniasteridae Stellaster childreni West Bengal: Digha J.E. Gray, 1840 Sastry, D.R.K., 1998 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Goniopectinidae Goniopecten sp. West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River n/a Sastry, D.R.K., 1995 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia denudata Andhra Pradesh; Coromandel Coast R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia hardwicki Tamil Nadu J.E. Gray, 1840 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia hardwicki Tamil Nadu: Chennai J.E. Gray, 1840 James, D.B., 1987 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia hardwicki West Bengal: Mouth of Hugli River J.E. Gray, 1840 Sastry, D.R.K., 1995 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia integra Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia limbata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar; Orissa: Gopalpore; Andamans W.P. Sladen, 1889 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia maculata Andamans J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842 James, D.B., 1983 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia maculata Orissa: Balasore Bay J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia maculata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Luidiidae Luidia savignyi Andamans Audouin, 1826 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Metridiridae Metrodira subulata Nicobars J.E. Gray, 1840 Julka, J.M. et al., 1978 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Metridiridae Metrodira subulata Orissa: 4 miles S of Ganjam; Andamans J.E. Gray, 1840 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Metridiridae Metrodira subulata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J.E. Gray, 1840 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Andora faouzii Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar T.T. Macan, 1938 James, D.B., 1976 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Dactylosaster cylindricus Andamans Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Sastry, D.R.K., 1999 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Dactylosaster cylindricus Nicobars Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Sastry, D.R.K., 1997 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia armata Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia armata Nicobars R. Koehler, 1910 Julka, J.M. et al., 1978 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia indica Andamans E. Perrier, 1869 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia indica Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar E. Perrier, 1869 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia mileporella Andamans Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Sastry, D.R.K., 2005 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia mileporella Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Fromia monilis Andamans E. Perrier, 1869 Julka, J.M. et al., 1978 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Gomophia egyptiaca Andamans J.E. Gray, 1840 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Heteronardoa carinata Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Leiaster glaber Andamans W. Peters, 1852 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Linckia guildingi Andamans J.E. Gray, 1840 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Linckia guildingi Nicobars J.E. Gray, 1840 Sastry, D.R.K. et al., 2004 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Linckia laevigata Andamans C. Linnaeus, 1758 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Linckia laevigata Nicobars C. Linnaeus, 1758 Sastry, D.R.K. et al., 2004 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Linckia laevigata Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar C. Linnaeus, 1758 Bell, F.J., 1888 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Linckia multifora Nicobars Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Julka, J.M. et al., 1978 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Linckia multifora Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar; Andamans Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Nardoa frianti Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Nardoa galatheae Nicobars C.F. Lütken, 1865 Lütken, C.F., 1865 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Nardoa lemonnieri Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Nardoa lemonnieri Nicobars R. Koehler, 1910 James, D.B., 1983 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Nardoa novaecaledoniae Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar; Andamans E. Perrier, 1875 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Neoferdina offreti Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Ophidiaster armatus Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Ophidiaster hemprichi Nicobars J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842 Julka, J.M. et al., 1978 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Tamaria dubiosa Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Tamaria fusca Andamans J.E. Gray, 1840 James, D.B., 1983 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Tamaria hirsuta Andamans R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Tamaria megaloplax Andamans F.J. Bell, 1884 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae Tamaria megaloplax Nicobars F.J. Bell, 1884 Julka, J.M. et al., 1978 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Anthenea pentagonula Andamans Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 James, D.B., 1983 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Choriaster granulatus Andamans C. Lütken, 1869 Sastry, D.R.K., 2005 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Culcita novaeguineae Andamans J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Culcita novaeguineae Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar J. Müller and F.H. Troschel, 1842 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Culcita schmideliana Andamans A.J. Retzius, 1805 Bell, F.J., 1887 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Culcita schmideliana Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar A.J. Retzius, 1805 James, D.B., 1988 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Goniodisaster forficulatus Andhra Pradesh: Srikakulam; Tamil Nadu: Chennai E. Perrier, 1875 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Goniodisaster forficulatus Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar E. Perrier, 1875 James, D.B., 1969 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Goniodiscaster scaber Tamil Nadu: Gulf of Mannar K. Möbius, 1859 James, D.B., 1988 Sastry, D.R.K.
Eukaryota Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Oreasteridae Goniodiscater vallei Orissa: Balasore Bay R. Koehler, 1910 Koehler, R., 1910 Sastry, D.R.K.

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