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
- Geomyidae — Mammalia, Rodentia (36 genera, 195 species)
- Gobiesocidae, Gobiesociformes (53 genera, 195 species)
- Hexagonellidae — Stenolaemata, Cystoporida (15 genera, 195 species)
- Monocotylidae — Monogenea, Monocotylidea (37 genera, 195 species)
- Spongillidae — Demospongiae, Spongillida (24 genera, 195 species)
- Ophiopyrgidae — Ophiuroidea (21 genera, 194 species)
- Uristidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (26 genera, 194 species)
- Leuconidae — Malacostraca, Cumacea (21 genera, 193 species)
- Moniligastridae — Clitellata, Moniligastrida (5 genera, 193 species)
- Plumulariidae — Hydrozoa, Leptothecata (15 genera, 193 species)
- Stenopsocidae — Insecta, Psocodea (3 genera, 193 species)
- Tripterygiidae, Perciformes (30 genera, 193 species)
- Berytidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (40 genera, 192 species)
- Haploporidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (46 genera, 192 species)
- Lamponidae — Arachnida, Araneae (23 genera, 192 species)
- Pamphiliidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (15 genera, 192 species)
- Polystomatidae — Monogenea, Polystomatidea (31 genera, 192 species)
- Antedonidae — Crinoidea, Comatulida (56 genera, 191 species)
- Myxobolidae — Myxozoa, Bivalvulida (7 genera, 191 species)
- Phymatopleuridae — Gastropoda, Pleurotomariida (21 genera, 191 species)
- Amphinomidae — Polychaeta, Amphinomida (27 genera, 190 species)
- Campanulariidae — Hydrozoa, Leptothecata (12 genera, 190 species)
- Haminoeidae — Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea (20 genera, 190 species)
- Helotrephidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (22 genera, 190 species)
- Micropterigidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (30 genera, 190 species)
- Oppeliidae — Cephalopoda (57 genera, 190 species)
- Paramunnidae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (46 genera, 190 species)
- Synaptidae — Holothuroidea, Apodida (21 genera, 190 species)
- Tylenchulidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (8 genera, 190 species)
- Ceratomyxidae — Myxozoa, Bivalvulida (5 genera, 189 species)
- Dromiidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (53 genera, 189 species)
- Katiannidae — Collembola, Symphypleona (20 genera, 189 species)
- Ophiuridae — Ophiuroidea (26 genera, 189 species)
- Calamoceratidae — Insecta, Trichoptera (16 genera, 188 species)
- Chyromyidae — Insecta, Diptera (7 genera, 188 species)
- Phillipsiidae — Trilobita, Proetida (61 genera, 188 species)
- Richardiidae — Insecta, Diptera (35 genera, 188 species)
- Zoropsidae — Arachnida, Araneae (29 genera, 188 species)
- Clionaidae — Demospongiae, Clionaida (12 genera, 187 species)
- Hypsibiidae — Eutardigrada, Parachela (22 genera, 187 species)
- Microporellidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (4 genera, 187 species)
- Phyllobothriidae — Cestoda, Phyllobothriidea (32 genera, 187 species)
- Stenothyridae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (8 genera, 187 species)
- Aporocotylidae — Trematoda, Diplostomida (46 genera, 186 species)
- Malaconothridae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (3 genera, 186 species)
- Myopsocidae — Insecta, Psocodea (8 genera, 186 species)
- Pinnidae — Bivalvia, Ostreida (9 genera, 186 species)
- Cochlostomatidae — Gastropoda, Architaenioglossa (8 genera, 185 species)
- Cuculidae — Aves, Cuculiformes (45 genera, 185 species)
- Mecistocephalidae — Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha (11 genera, 185 species)
- Pontellidae — Copepoda, Calanoida (9 genera, 185 species)
- Echinoderidae — Cyclorhagida, Echinorhagata (5 genera, 184 species)
- Engraulidae, Clupeiformes (17 genera, 184 species)
- Ephemerellidae — Insecta, Ephemeroptera (27 genera, 184 species)
- Janiridae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (22 genera, 184 species)
- Lithoglyphidae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (16 genera, 184 species)
- Ocnerodrilidae — Clitellata, Crassiclitellata (38 genera, 184 species)
- Thaumastodermatidae (9 genera, 184 species)
- Agnostidae — Trilobita, Agnostida (31 genera, 183 species)
- Echinorhynchidae — Palaeacanthocephala, Echinorhynchida (10 genera, 183 species)
- Filistatidae — Arachnida, Araneae (19 genera, 183 species)
- Lestidae — Insecta, Odonata (9 genera, 183 species)
- Oestridae — Insecta, Diptera (30 genera, 183 species)
- Sphenopidae — Anthozoa, Zoantharia (4 genera, 183 species)
- Diclidophoridae — Monogenea, Mazocraeidea (54 genera, 182 species)
- Dicyrtomidae — Collembola, Symphypleona (10 genera, 182 species)
- Euphthiracaridae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (7 genera, 182 species)
- Haliplidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (6 genera, 182 species)
- Hatschekiidae — Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida (10 genera, 182 species)
- Nordiidae, Dorylaimida (13 genera, 182 species)
- Paraonidae — Polychaeta (9 genera, 182 species)
- Xyelidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (65 genera, 182 species)
- Calappidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (24 genera, 181 species)
- Laemophloeidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (28 genera, 181 species)
- Polleniidae — Insecta, Diptera (6 genera, 181 species)
- Ungulinidae — Bivalvia, Venerida (16 genera, 181 species)
- Dalyelliidae, Rhabdocoela (11 genera, 180 species)
- Gomphodesmidae — Diplopoda, Polydesmida (57 genera, 180 species)
- Lophopidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (50 genera, 180 species)
- Neoechinorhynchidae — Eoacanthocephala, Neoechinorhynchida (18 genera, 180 species)
- Sacculinidae — Maxillopoda, Kentrogonida (6 genera, 180 species)
- Sicariidae — Arachnida, Araneae (3 genera, 180 species)
- Brachionidae — Eurotatoria, Ploima (7 genera, 179 species)
- Ellesmeroceratidae — Cephalopoda (29 genera, 179 species)
- Heligmosomidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (64 genera, 179 species)
- Modiomorphidae — Bivalvia, Modiomorphida (38 genera, 179 species)
- Monstrillidae — Copepoda, Monstrilloida (7 genera, 179 species)
- Ochyroceratidae — Arachnida, Araneae (11 genera, 179 species)
- Ophiotrichidae — Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida (13 genera, 179 species)
- Pionidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (17 genera, 179 species)
- Pycnonotidae — Aves, Passeriformes (31 genera, 179 species)
- Zephroniidae — Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida (16 genera, 179 species)
- Atemnidae — Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones (22 genera, 178 species)
- Crotoniidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (6 genera, 178 species)
- Donacidae — Bivalvia, Cardiida (8 genera, 178 species)
- Echimyidae — Mammalia, Rodentia (55 genera, 178 species)
- Goeridae — Insecta, Trichoptera (12 genera, 178 species)
- Mysmenidae — Arachnida, Araneae (17 genera, 178 species)
- Pleuronectidae, Pleuronectiformes (43 genera, 178 species)
- Tetrablemmidae — Arachnida, Araneae (39 genera, 178 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.