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
- Plectidae — Chromadorea, Plectida (14 genera, 164 species)
- Hyalidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (12 genera, 163 species)
- Limopsidae — Bivalvia, Arcida (3 genera, 163 species)
- Niphatidae — Demospongiae, Haplosclerida (9 genera, 163 species)
- Withiidae — Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones (36 genera, 163 species)
- Ameroseiidae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (15 genera, 162 species)
- Cystodictyonidae — Stenolaemata, Cystoporida (13 genera, 162 species)
- Echinochasmidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (9 genera, 162 species)
- Onchocercidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (40 genera, 162 species)
- Siphonariidae — Gastropoda, Siphonariida (12 genera, 162 species)
- Winterschmidtiidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (29 genera, 162 species)
- Ascidiidae — Ascidiacea, Phlebobranchia (5 genera, 161 species)
- Cyprinodontidae, Cyprinodontiformes (13 genera, 161 species)
- Euconulidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (25 genera, 161 species)
- Goneplacidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (34 genera, 161 species)
- Goniodorididae — Gastropoda, Nudibranchia (9 genera, 161 species)
- Hemicycliophoridae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (3 genera, 161 species)
- Irciniidae — Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida (4 genera, 161 species)
- Leioclemidae — Stenolaemata, Trepostomatida (2 genera, 161 species)
- Loxosomatidae, Coloniales (5 genera, 161 species)
- Sminthurididae — Collembola, Symphypleona (14 genera, 161 species)
- Stemmiulidae — Diplopoda, Stemmiulida (7 genera, 161 species)
- Zosteropidae — Aves, Passeriformes (17 genera, 161 species)
- Aphelidesmidae — Diplopoda, Polydesmida (17 genera, 160 species)
- Cancridae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (18 genera, 160 species)
- Cynoglossidae, Pleuronectiformes (4 genera, 160 species)
- Hemiasteridae — Echinoidea, Spatangoida (13 genera, 160 species)
- Hydrometridae — Insecta, Hemiptera (23 genera, 160 species)
- Hyriidae — Bivalvia, Unionida (23 genera, 160 species)
- Lebertiidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (2 genera, 160 species)
- Phoxichilidiidae — Pycnogonida, Pantopoda (5 genera, 160 species)
- Polymorphidae — Palaeacanthocephala, Polymorphida (14 genera, 160 species)
- Thelyphonidae — Arachnida, Uropygi (22 genera, 160 species)
- Tobrilidae, Triplonchida (12 genera, 160 species)
- Aegidae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (9 genera, 159 species)
- Axonolaimidae — Chromadorea, Araeolaimida (19 genera, 159 species)
- Liacaridae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (9 genera, 159 species)
- Neocomitidae — Cephalopoda (44 genera, 159 species)
- Ochodaeidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (22 genera, 159 species)
- Phylloceratidae — Cephalopoda, Phylloceratida (19 genera, 159 species)
- Vesicomyidae — Bivalvia, Venerida (20 genera, 159 species)
- Alcyoniidae — Anthozoa, Malacalcyonacea (19 genera, 158 species)
- Arthrostylidae — Stenolaemata, Cryptostomida (24 genera, 158 species)
- Molossidae — Mammalia, Chiroptera (26 genera, 158 species)
- Myxillidae — Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida (13 genera, 158 species)
- Ocypodidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (13 genera, 158 species)
- Tropiduridae — Squamata (9 genera, 158 species)
- Apatelodidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (11 genera, 157 species)
- Astrocoeniidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (9 genera, 157 species)
- Branchiobdellidae — Clitellata, Branchiobdellida (22 genera, 157 species)
- Chiridotidae — Holothuroidea, Apodida (17 genera, 157 species)
- Nanomantidae — Insecta, Mantodea (50 genera, 157 species)
- Nephtyidae — Polychaeta, Phyllodocida (5 genera, 157 species)
- Pimelodidae, Siluriformes (32 genera, 157 species)
- Pleustidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (36 genera, 157 species)
- Pseudochromidae, Perciformes (24 genera, 157 species)
- Scoliidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (31 genera, 157 species)
- Stylopidae — Insecta, Strepsiptera (10 genera, 157 species)
- Tetrastemmatidae — Hoplonemertea, Monostilifera (25 genera, 157 species)
- Thespidae — Insecta, Mantodea (35 genera, 157 species)
- Trogossitidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (49 genera, 157 species)
- Actinolaimidae, Dorylaimida (20 genera, 156 species)
- Agariciidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (20 genera, 156 species)
- Catenicellidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (28 genera, 156 species)
- Dasyatidae — Elasmobranchii, Myliobatiformes (27 genera, 156 species)
- Harpirhynchidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (16 genera, 156 species)
- Nemesiidae — Arachnida, Araneae (17 genera, 156 species)
- Parajulidae — Diplopoda, Julida (32 genera, 156 species)
- Rhodacaridae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (18 genera, 156 species)
- Rhopalopsyllidae — Insecta, Siphonaptera (15 genera, 156 species)
- Scolopacidae — Aves, Charadriiformes (21 genera, 156 species)
- Sebastidae, Scorpaeniformes (9 genera, 156 species)
- Sertularellidae — Hydrozoa, Leptothecata (3 genera, 156 species)
- Xylomyidae — Insecta, Diptera (13 genera, 156 species)
- Odontostomidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (14 genera, 155 species)
- Sabellariidae — Polychaeta, Sabellida (14 genera, 155 species)
- Tisbidae — Copepoda, Harpacticoida (22 genera, 155 species)
- Apioceridae — Insecta, Diptera (2 genera, 154 species)
- Callichiridae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (18 genera, 154 species)
- Corvidae — Aves, Passeriformes (30 genera, 154 species)
- Epermeniidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (17 genera, 154 species)
- Siluridae, Siluriformes (13 genera, 154 species)
- Arthroleptidae — Amphibia, Anura (8 genera, 153 species)
- Asteiidae — Insecta, Diptera (11 genera, 153 species)
- Callipallenidae — Pycnogonida, Pantopoda (21 genera, 153 species)
- Homolidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (32 genera, 153 species)
- Nectariniidae — Aves, Passeriformes (16 genera, 153 species)
- Plagiorchiidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (33 genera, 153 species)
- Scolodontidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (13 genera, 153 species)
- Anabathridae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (9 genera, 152 species)
- Arrhopalitidae — Collembola, Symphypleona (3 genera, 152 species)
- Inachidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (29 genera, 152 species)
- Krithidae — Ostracoda, Podocopida (8 genera, 152 species)
- Momphidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (9 genera, 152 species)
- Ommatidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (27 genera, 152 species)
- Plexauridae — Anthozoa, Malacalcyonacea (18 genera, 152 species)
- Athericidae — Insecta, Diptera (17 genera, 151 species)
- Cletodidae — Copepoda, Harpacticoida (31 genera, 151 species)
- Cranaidae — Arachnida, Opiliones (50 genera, 151 species)
- Facelinidae — Gastropoda, Nudibranchia (33 genera, 151 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.