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
- Aderidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (33 genera, 177 species)
- Axinellidae — Demospongiae, Axinellida (12 genera, 177 species)
- Cervidae — Mammalia, Artiodactyla (51 genera, 177 species)
- Diplodactylidae — Squamata (25 genera, 177 species)
- Hoplopleuridae — Insecta, Psocodea (6 genera, 177 species)
- Lichomolgidae — Copepoda, Cyclopoida (37 genera, 177 species)
- Philomedidae — Ostracoda, Myodocopida (14 genera, 177 species)
- Pontogeneiidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (29 genera, 177 species)
- Potamonautidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (16 genera, 177 species)
- Talpidae — Mammalia, Soricomorpha (48 genera, 177 species)
- Cisticolidae — Aves, Passeriformes (27 genera, 176 species)
- Microporidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (31 genera, 176 species)
- Amphisbaenidae — Squamata (17 genera, 175 species)
- Bakevelliidae — Bivalvia, Ostreida (24 genera, 175 species)
- Brachychthoniidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (12 genera, 175 species)
- Colonidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (2 genera, 175 species)
- Oribatellidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (12 genera, 175 species)
- Orsolobidae — Arachnida, Araneae (30 genera, 175 species)
- Sarsiellidae — Ostracoda, Myodocopida (17 genera, 175 species)
- Xeniidae — Anthozoa, Malacalcyonacea (24 genera, 175 species)
- Bomolochidae — Copepoda, Cyclopoida (28 genera, 174 species)
- Bothriembryontidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (19 genera, 174 species)
- Cambalopsidae — Diplopoda, Spirostreptida (11 genera, 174 species)
- Leptohyphidae — Insecta, Ephemeroptera (16 genera, 174 species)
- Myzostomatidae — Polychaeta, Phyllodocida (5 genera, 174 species)
- Phrynosomatidae — Squamata (9 genera, 174 species)
- Rugosochonetidae (46 genera, 174 species)
- Tetillidae — Demospongiae, Tetractinellida (11 genera, 174 species)
- Tischeriidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (6 genera, 174 species)
- Arcturidae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (15 genera, 173 species)
- Macrochelidae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (12 genera, 173 species)
- Stivaliidae — Insecta, Siphonaptera (26 genera, 173 species)
- Camallanidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (7 genera, 172 species)
- Epsilonematidae — Chromadorea, Desmodorida (16 genera, 172 species)
- Macropodidae — Mammalia, Diprotodontia (36 genera, 172 species)
- Patellidae — Gastropoda (6 genera, 172 species)
- Silvanidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (36 genera, 172 species)
- Thamnasteriidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (12 genera, 172 species)
- Unionicolidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (6 genera, 172 species)
- Anostomidae, Characiformes (16 genera, 171 species)
- Belostomatidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (27 genera, 171 species)
- Japygidae — Diplura, Diplura (25 genera, 171 species)
- Lepadellidae — Eurotatoria, Ploima (4 genera, 171 species)
- Psammobiidae — Bivalvia, Cardiida (13 genera, 171 species)
- Pseudozygopleuridae — Gastropoda (13 genera, 171 species)
- Pulicidae — Insecta, Siphonaptera (22 genera, 171 species)
- Scraptiidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (21 genera, 171 species)
- Ampullinidae — Gastropoda, Architaenioglossa (16 genera, 170 species)
- Anomiidae — Bivalvia, Pectinida (15 genera, 170 species)
- Colpocephalidae — Insecta, Psocodea (3 genera, 170 species)
- Erinaceidae — Mammalia, Erinaceomorpha (62 genera, 170 species)
- Naticopsidae — Gastropoda, Cycloneritida (8 genera, 170 species)
- Nephropidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (24 genera, 170 species)
- Pennellidae — Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida (26 genera, 170 species)
- Phyllodactylidae — Squamata (10 genera, 170 species)
- Rhinocerotidae — Mammalia, Perissodactyla (63 genera, 170 species)
- Temnocephalidae, Rhabdocoela (24 genera, 170 species)
- Theridiosomatidae — Arachnida, Araneae (28 genera, 170 species)
- Gryphaeidae — Bivalvia, Ostreida (22 genera, 169 species)
- Holospiridae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (5 genera, 169 species)
- Oleacinidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (16 genera, 169 species)
- Palpimanidae — Arachnida, Araneae (22 genera, 169 species)
- Paramesochridae — Copepoda, Harpacticoida (17 genera, 169 species)
- Pseudocardiniidae — Bivalvia, Trigoniida (19 genera, 169 species)
- Rhadinorhynchidae — Palaeacanthocephala, Echinorhynchida (25 genera, 169 species)
- Rhomboporidae — Stenolaemata, Cryptostomida (8 genera, 169 species)
- Veronicellidae — Gastropoda, Systellommatophora (27 genera, 169 species)
- Anthomyzidae — Insecta, Diptera (28 genera, 168 species)
- Chlorocyphidae — Insecta, Odonata (19 genera, 168 species)
- Diapheridae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (10 genera, 168 species)
- Meenoplidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (24 genera, 168 species)
- Mimetidae — Arachnida, Araneae (9 genera, 168 species)
- Parholaspididae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (15 genera, 168 species)
- Prosiphonidae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (28 genera, 168 species)
- Salamandridae — Amphibia, Caudata (31 genera, 168 species)
- Bathyuridae — Trilobita, Proetida (30 genera, 167 species)
- Centrolenidae — Amphibia, Anura (12 genera, 167 species)
- Eratoidae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (15 genera, 167 species)
- Holocentridae, Beryciformes (18 genera, 167 species)
- Oxydesmidae — Diplopoda, Polydesmida (37 genera, 167 species)
- Asterinidae — Asteroidea, Valvatida (38 genera, 166 species)
- Bryocryptellidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (13 genera, 166 species)
- Corophiidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (25 genera, 166 species)
- Leporidae — Mammalia, Lagomorpha (42 genera, 166 species)
- Vitrinidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (21 genera, 166 species)
- Xiphocentronidae — Insecta, Trichoptera (8 genera, 166 species)
- Amphientomidae — Insecta, Psocodea (28 genera, 165 species)
- Anguidae — Squamata (42 genera, 165 species)
- Argulidae — Maxillopoda, Arguloida (4 genera, 165 species)
- Boidae — Squamata (49 genera, 165 species)
- Chorotypidae — Insecta, Orthoptera (44 genera, 165 species)
- Estrildidae — Aves, Passeriformes (35 genera, 165 species)
- Glossiphoniidae — Clitellata, Rhynchobdellida (23 genera, 165 species)
- Nemopteridae — Insecta, Neuroptera (43 genera, 165 species)
- Paragastrioceratidae — Cephalopoda, Goniatitida (22 genera, 165 species)
- Tridactylidae — Insecta, Orthoptera (24 genera, 165 species)
- Brissidae — Echinoidea, Spatangoida (29 genera, 164 species)
- Dericorythidae — Insecta, Orthoptera (15 genera, 164 species)
- Diplocentridae — Arachnida, Scorpiones (10 genera, 164 species)
- Emydidae — Testudines (29 genera, 164 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.