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 Order Family Genus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Dentalium javanum East coast G.B. Sowerby, 1860 Melvill, J.C. et al., 1898 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Dentalium mannarense Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) R. Winckworth, 1927 Satyamurti, S.T., 1956, Ramakrishna et al., 2010 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Dentalium octangulatum Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal Donovan, 1804 Satyamurti, S.T., 1956, Ramakrishna et al., 2010 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Dentalium subcurvatum Tamil Nadu E.A. Smith, 1906 Smith, E.A., 1896, Smith, E.A., 1906 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Dentalium variable Andaman Islands G.P. Deshayes, 1825 Subba Rao, N.V. et al., 2000 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Fissidentalium magnificum Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1896) Smith, E.A., 1895, Subba Rao, N.V. et al., 2000 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Fissidentalium serrulatum Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1906) Smith, E.A., 1896, Smith, E.A., 1906, Ramakrishna et al., 2010 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Identalium mirificum Tamil Nadu (E.A. Smith, 1895) Smith, E.A., 1895 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Dentaliidae Paradentalium pistis East coast (Winckworth, 1940) Winckworth, R., 1940 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Gadilinidae Gadilina insolita Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1894) Smith, E.A., 1894 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Laevidentaliidae Laevidentalium eburneum Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1767) Ramakrishna et al., 2010 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Dentaliida Laevidentaliidae Laevidentalium lubricatum Investigator Sta.331: off Andaman Islands (G.B. Sowerby, 1860) Smith, E.A., 1896, Smith, E.A., 1906 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Scaphopoda Gadilida Gadilidae Gadila clavata West Bengal, Andaman Islands (A.A. Gould, 1859) Ramakrishna et al., 2010 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Ceramonematidae Dasynemella delamarei De Coninck, 1942 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Ceramonematide Ceremonema reticulatum Cobb, 1920 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Ceramonematide Pterygonema ornatum Cobb, 1933 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Chromadora vulgaris Bastain, 1865 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Dichromadora cucullata Lorenzen, 1973a Lilly, M.G.C., 2005 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Dichromadora geophila De Man, 1876 Surya Rao, P.V., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Dichromadora simplex Kreis, 1929 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Euchromadora vulgaris Bastain, 1865 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Neochromadora izhorica Stekhoven, 1935 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Prochromadorella brachyura Stekhoven, 1950 Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Prochromadorella ditlevseni De Man, 1922 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Prochromadorella septempapillata Platt, 1973 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Ptycholaimellus ponticus Filipjev, 1922 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Rhips paraornata Platt and Zhang, 1982 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Spiliphera gracilicauda De Man, 1893 Lilly, M.G.C., 2005 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Spilophorella candida Gerlach, 1951 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Spilophorella euxina Filipjev, 1917 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Spilophorella papillata Kreis, 1929 Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Chromadoridae Spilophorella paradoxa De Man, 1888 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Dorylaimopsis punctata Ditlevsen, 1918 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Jai Kumar, M., 2009, Jyothsna Rani, B., 2007, Lilly, M.G.C., 2005, Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010, Swapna, L., 2009, Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Dorylaimopsis timmi Jensen, 1979 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Paracomesoma dubuim Filipjev, 1918 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Paracomesoma longispicululm Hopper, 1967 Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatiera abyssalis Filipjev, 1918 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatiera falcifera Wieser , 1954 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatiera hilarula De Man, 1922 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatiera jubata Cobb, 1898 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatiera pissina Rouville, 1903 Lilly, M.G.C., 2005 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatiera punctata Kreis, 1924 Jai Kumar, M., 2009, Jyothsna Rani, B., 2007, Lilly, M.G.C., 2005, Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010, Swapna, L., 2009, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatieria elongata Jayasree and Warwick, 1977 Jai Kumar, M., 2009, Jyothsna Rani, B., 2007, Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatieria lyonessa Warwick, 1977 Jai Kumar, M., 2009, Jyothsna Rani, B., 2007, Lilly, M.G.C., 2005, Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatieria praedatrix De Man, 1907 Lilly, M.G.C., 2005, Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Comesomatidae Sabatieria pulchra Schneider, 1906 Jai Kumar, M., 2009, Jyothsna Rani, B., 2007, Lilly, M.G.C., 2005, Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Cyatholaimus gracilis Eberth, 1863 Surya Rao, P.V., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Marylynnia complexa Warwick, 1971 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Swapna, L., 2009 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Paracanthonchus caecus Micoletzky, 1924 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Paracanthonchus elongatus Micoletzky, 1924 Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Paracanthonchus heterodontus Shulz, 1932 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Paracanthonchus longicaudatus Warwick, 1971 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Paracyatholaimoides multispiralis Gerlach, 1953 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Paralongicyatholaimus minutus Warwick, 1971 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Pomponema debile Lorenzen, 1972 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Surya Rao, P.V., 2010, Swapna, L., 2009, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Cyatholaimidae Pomponema tesselatum Wieser and Hopper, 1967 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Swapna, L., 2009, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Chromaspirina spinulosa Filipjev, 1918 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Desmodora pilosa De Man, 1889 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Vijaya Bhanu, C.H., 2011 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Desmodora pontica Filipjev, 1922 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Desmodora sanguinea Southern, 1914 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Desmodora tenuispiculum Allgen, 1928 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Lilly, M.G.C., 2005, Sajan et al., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Desmodora (Pseudochromadora) luticola Gerlach, 1963 Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Metachromadora gracilis Filipjev, 1918 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Metachromadora remanei Timm, 1961 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Spirinia parasitifera Bastain, 1865 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmodoridae Spirinia (Perspiria) striaticaudata Wieser and Hopper, 1967 Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex adenotrichus Lorenzen, 1969 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex adriaticus Schepotieff, 1907 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex americans Chitwood, 1936 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex aquaedulois Stammer, 1935 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex bengalensis Claparede, 1863 Chandrasekhara Rao, G., 1963, Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex borealis Kreis, 1963 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex conurus Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex falcatus Lorenzen, 1972 Chinnadurai, G. et al., 2006, Sultan Ali, M.A. et al., 1998 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex fennicus Lorenzen, 1969 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex grandiamphis Inglis, 1967 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex hupferi Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex keiensis Kreis, 1934 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex klatti Allgen, 1954 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex labiosus Lorenzen, 1969 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex laevis Kreis, 1928 Lilly, M.G.C., 2005, Siva Lakshmi, M.V., 2010, Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex leptus Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex lissus Steiner, 1917 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex littoralis Allgen, 1934 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex longirostris Southern, 1914 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex maximus Schepotieff, 1907 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex medius Reinhard, 1881 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex michaelseni Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex minor Schepotieff, 1907 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex minutus Claparede, 1863 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex nanus Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex nematoides Panceri, 1876 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex nudus Chitwood, 1951 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex parafalklandiae Allgen, 1955 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex pelophilus Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex platycricus Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex prampramensis Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex pusillus Lorenzen, 1969 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex rudolphi Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.
Eukaryota Animalia Nematoda Adenophorea Chromadorida Desmoscolecidae Desmoscolex togoensis Steiner, 1916 Timm, R.W., 1970 Annapurna, C.

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