Animal Families
17449 families in the taxonomic backbone, 13298 of them carrying genus or species records in the Sanctum index.
Families by species records held
- Ortheziidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (23 genera, 215 species)
- Tudiclidae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (20 genera, 215 species)
- Calliotropidae — Gastropoda, Seguenziida (9 genera, 214 species)
- Philometridae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (21 genera, 214 species)
- Thyasiridae — Bivalvia, Lucinida (24 genera, 214 species)
- Allocreadiidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (26 genera, 213 species)
- Bothriuridae — Arachnida, Scorpiones (19 genera, 213 species)
- Gastrodontidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (20 genera, 213 species)
- Liotiidae — Gastropoda, Trochida (26 genera, 213 species)
- Microzetidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (47 genera, 213 species)
- Oribotritiidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (10 genera, 213 species)
- Pandalidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (22 genera, 213 species)
- Rhytididae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (51 genera, 213 species)
- Uropodidae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (22 genera, 213 species)
- Zerconidae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (18 genera, 213 species)
- Lyonetiidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (28 genera, 212 species)
- Monocelididae, Proseriata (30 genera, 212 species)
- Peleopodidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (11 genera, 212 species)
- Punctidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (32 genera, 212 species)
- Raphidascarididae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (16 genera, 212 species)
- Parastacidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (18 genera, 211 species)
- Rossellidae — Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida (28 genera, 211 species)
- Scenellidae (50 genera, 211 species)
- Aetideidae — Copepoda, Calanoida (34 genera, 210 species)
- Bothidae, Pleuronectiformes (23 genera, 210 species)
- Chondracanthidae — Copepoda, Cyclopoida (51 genera, 210 species)
- Hersiliidae — Arachnida, Araneae (25 genera, 210 species)
- Newtoniellidae — Gastropoda (18 genera, 210 species)
- Trachyceratidae — Cephalopoda, Ceratitida (45 genera, 210 species)
- Ampulicidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (9 genera, 209 species)
- Athyrididae — Rhynchonellata (35 genera, 209 species)
- Clypeasteridae — Echinoidea, Clypeasteroida (15 genera, 209 species)
- Daesiidae — Arachnida, Solifugae (30 genera, 209 species)
- Cleidogonidae — Diplopoda, Chordeumatida (7 genera, 208 species)
- Desmoceratidae — Cephalopoda (43 genera, 208 species)
- Fuhrmannodesmidae — Diplopoda, Polydesmida (64 genera, 208 species)
- Octopodidae — Cephalopoda, Octopoda (27 genera, 208 species)
- Teiidae — Squamata (35 genera, 208 species)
- Tomoceridae — Collembola, Entomobryomorpha (17 genera, 208 species)
- Triglidae, Scorpaeniformes (13 genera, 208 species)
- Ariidae, Siluriformes (33 genera, 207 species)
- Berothidae — Insecta, Neuroptera (78 genera, 207 species)
- Cybocephalidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (16 genera, 207 species)
- Dendrobatidae — Amphibia, Anura (16 genera, 207 species)
- Limnocytheridae — Ostracoda, Podocopida (25 genera, 207 species)
- Lottiidae — Gastropoda (17 genera, 207 species)
- Thorectidae — Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida (21 genera, 207 species)
- Eurybrachidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (42 genera, 206 species)
- Leptosomatidae, Enoplida (37 genera, 206 species)
- Siboglinidae — Polychaeta, Sabellida (35 genera, 206 species)
- Strigeidae — Trematoda, Diplostomida (17 genera, 206 species)
- Thaumaleidae — Insecta, Diptera (11 genera, 206 species)
- Archaeobalanidae — Maxillopoda, Sessilia (13 genera, 205 species)
- Eremobatidae — Arachnida, Solifugae (8 genera, 205 species)
- Pocilloporidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (4 genera, 205 species)
- Polyceridae — Gastropoda, Nudibranchia (25 genera, 205 species)
- Cellariidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (20 genera, 204 species)
- Electridae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (31 genera, 204 species)
- Felidae — Mammalia, Carnivora (38 genera, 204 species)
- Polyplacidae — Insecta, Psocodea (21 genera, 204 species)
- Agnaridae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (14 genera, 203 species)
- Leucothoidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (5 genera, 203 species)
- Lumbriculidae — Clitellata, Lumbriculida (35 genera, 203 species)
- Nemastomatidae — Arachnida, Opiliones (28 genera, 203 species)
- Segestriidae — Arachnida, Araneae (10 genera, 203 species)
- Amplexoporidae — Stenolaemata, Trepostomatida (11 genera, 202 species)
- Meliphagidae — Aves, Passeriformes (55 genera, 202 species)
- Nabidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (25 genera, 202 species)
- Parthenopidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (48 genera, 202 species)
- Liposcelididae — Insecta, Psocodea (10 genera, 201 species)
- Macrostomidae — Turbellaria (9 genera, 201 species)
- Stigmaeidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (24 genera, 201 species)
- Thoridae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (9 genera, 201 species)
- Galeommatidae — Bivalvia, Galeommatida (51 genera, 200 species)
- Piscicolidae — Clitellata, Rhynchobdellida (64 genera, 200 species)
- Pristilomatidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (13 genera, 200 species)
- Pygidicranidae — Insecta, Dermaptera (29 genera, 200 species)
- Raninidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (44 genera, 200 species)
- Romancheinidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (32 genera, 200 species)
- Varunidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (45 genera, 200 species)
- Acanthochitonidae — Polyplacophora, Chitonida (15 genera, 199 species)
- Acuariidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (33 genera, 199 species)
- Calopterygidae — Insecta, Odonata (25 genera, 199 species)
- Cerioporidae — Stenolaemata, Cyclostomatida (42 genera, 199 species)
- Melitidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (31 genera, 199 species)
- Opostegidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (7 genera, 199 species)
- Apseudidae — Malacostraca, Tanaidacea (26 genera, 198 species)
- Enchelidiidae, Enoplida (24 genera, 198 species)
- Prodidomidae — Arachnida, Araneae (24 genera, 198 species)
- Ptychopteridae — Insecta, Diptera (20 genera, 198 species)
- Scutelleridae — Insecta, Hemiptera (56 genera, 198 species)
- Chilodontaidae — Gastropoda, Seguenziida (20 genera, 197 species)
- Gliridae — Mammalia, Rodentia (52 genera, 197 species)
- Mitromorphidae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (11 genera, 197 species)
- Paludomidae — Gastropoda (26 genera, 197 species)
- Trematoporidae — Stenolaemata, Trepostomatida (18 genera, 197 species)
- Apataniidae — Insecta, Trichoptera (19 genera, 196 species)
- Heterotrypidae — Stenolaemata, Trepostomatida (11 genera, 196 species)
- Idoteidae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (25 genera, 196 species)
- Seguenziidae — Gastropoda, Seguenziida (27 genera, 196 species)
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.