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
- Iravadiidae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (22 genera, 151 species)
- Laridae — Aves, Charadriiformes (25 genera, 151 species)
- Lernanthropidae — Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida (8 genera, 151 species)
- Periscelididae — Insecta, Diptera (12 genera, 151 species)
- Rhinidictyidae — Stenolaemata, Cryptostomida (20 genera, 151 species)
- Volutomitridae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (11 genera, 151 species)
- Cosmocercidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (17 genera, 150 species)
- Sturnidae — Aves, Passeriformes (37 genera, 150 species)
- Colubrariidae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (10 genera, 149 species)
- Echinasteridae — Asteroidea, Spinulosida (9 genera, 149 species)
- Glyptodontidae — Mammalia, Cingulata (47 genera, 149 species)
- Haleciidae — Hydrozoa, Leptothecata (3 genera, 149 species)
- Lacturidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (6 genera, 149 species)
- Lingulidae — Lingulata, Lingulida (10 genera, 149 species)
- Nemonychidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (74 genera, 149 species)
- Philobryidae — Bivalvia, Arcida (12 genera, 149 species)
- Proptychitidae — Cephalopoda, Ceratitida (35 genera, 149 species)
- Spirobolidae — Diplopoda, Spirobolida (7 genera, 149 species)
- Xylophagidae — Insecta, Diptera (13 genera, 149 species)
- Dorvilleidae — Polychaeta, Eunicida (32 genera, 148 species)
- Lecithasteridae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (23 genera, 148 species)
- Macrocyprididae — Ostracoda, Podocopida (9 genera, 148 species)
- Myliobatidae — Elasmobranchii, Myliobatiformes (20 genera, 148 species)
- Phalangodidae — Arachnida, Opiliones (29 genera, 148 species)
- Pholadidae — Bivalvia, Myida (23 genera, 148 species)
- Trachycosmidae — Arachnida, Araneae (20 genera, 148 species)
- Bucaniidae — Gastropoda (16 genera, 147 species)
- Cupedidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (54 genera, 147 species)
- Desmosomatidae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (20 genera, 147 species)
- Dicyemidae — Rhombozoa (6 genera, 147 species)
- Martiniidae — Rhynchonellata (13 genera, 147 species)
- Odontoceridae — Insecta, Trichoptera (19 genera, 147 species)
- Pyrgomatidae — Maxillopoda, Sessilia (26 genera, 147 species)
- Rhinolophidae — Mammalia, Chiroptera (2 genera, 147 species)
- Acrotretidae — Lingulata (38 genera, 146 species)
- Lampropidae — Malacostraca, Cumacea (29 genera, 146 species)
- Leptotyphlopidae — Squamata (14 genera, 146 species)
- Pseudotachidiidae — Copepoda, Harpacticoida (31 genera, 146 species)
- Antipathidae — Anthozoa, Antipatharia (9 genera, 145 species)
- Entalophoridae — Stenolaemata, Cyclostomatida (11 genera, 145 species)
- Granulinidae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (7 genera, 145 species)
- Heteroceridae — Insecta, Coleoptera (17 genera, 145 species)
- Lamnidae — Elasmobranchii, Lamniformes (12 genera, 145 species)
- Medlicottiidae — Cephalopoda, Prolecanitida (25 genera, 145 species)
- Oxycarenidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (27 genera, 145 species)
- Protoribatidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (10 genera, 145 species)
- Tainoceratidae — Cephalopoda, Nautilida (39 genera, 145 species)
- Acavidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (9 genera, 144 species)
- Anisakidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (14 genera, 144 species)
- Cimicidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (26 genera, 144 species)
- Cladorchiidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (69 genera, 144 species)
- Cyclocoelidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (23 genera, 144 species)
- Dipodidae — Mammalia, Rodentia (43 genera, 144 species)
- Encrinuridae — Trilobita, Phacopida (34 genera, 144 species)
- Halictophagidae — Insecta, Strepsiptera (7 genera, 144 species)
- Halobiidae — Bivalvia, Ostreida (6 genera, 144 species)
- Monotidae — Bivalvia, Pectinida (10 genera, 144 species)
- Mullidae, Perciformes (7 genera, 144 species)
- Otoplanidae, Proseriata (38 genera, 144 species)
- Pachydiscidae — Cephalopoda (14 genera, 144 species)
- Trombidiidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (17 genera, 144 species)
- Caponiidae — Arachnida, Araneae (20 genera, 143 species)
- Corethrellidae — Insecta, Diptera (1 genera, 143 species)
- Holopeidae — Gastropoda (14 genera, 143 species)
- Hydrocenidae — Gastropoda, Cycloneritida (5 genera, 143 species)
- Hymenosomatidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (32 genera, 143 species)
- Lophospiridae — Gastropoda (23 genera, 143 species)
- Meandrinidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (23 genera, 143 species)
- Palaeomutelidae — Bivalvia, Actinodontida (6 genera, 143 species)
- Scissurellidae — Gastropoda, Lepetellida (9 genera, 143 species)
- Truncatellidae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (8 genera, 143 species)
- Typhlotanaidae — Malacostraca, Tanaidacea (25 genera, 143 species)
- Acanthuridae, Perciformes (23 genera, 142 species)
- Cryptodesmidae — Diplopoda, Polydesmida (42 genera, 142 species)
- Diplopeltidae — Chromadorea, Araeolaimida (17 genera, 142 species)
- Echinolampadidae — Echinoidea, Echinolampadacea (11 genera, 142 species)
- Melandryidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (48 genera, 142 species)
- Strophomenidae (44 genera, 142 species)
- Anchimolgidae — Copepoda, Cyclopoida (32 genera, 141 species)
- Corylophidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (20 genera, 141 species)
- Labrisomidae, Perciformes (16 genera, 141 species)
- Leiothrichidae — Aves, Passeriformes (15 genera, 141 species)
- Miturgidae — Arachnida, Araneae (29 genera, 141 species)
- Nicothoidae — Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida (22 genera, 141 species)
- Passerellidae — Aves, Passeriformes (30 genera, 141 species)
- Platyarthridae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (10 genera, 141 species)
- Seguenzioidea — Gastropoda, Seguenziida (11 genera, 141 species)
- Thraciidae — Bivalvia (16 genera, 141 species)
- Velutinidae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (25 genera, 141 species)
- Verrucidae — Maxillopoda, Sessilia (14 genera, 141 species)
- Zoogonidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (35 genera, 141 species)
- Archaeidae — Arachnida, Araneae (17 genera, 140 species)
- Fulgoridiidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (17 genera, 140 species)
- Heteropterygidae — Insecta, Phasmida (26 genera, 140 species)
- Olenidae — Trilobita, Ptychopariida (38 genera, 140 species)
- Philotarsidae — Insecta, Psocodea (7 genera, 140 species)
- Pycnothelidae — Arachnida, Araneae (15 genera, 140 species)
- Scutigerellidae — Symphyla (5 genera, 140 species)
- Strongylidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (42 genera, 140 species)
- Alcedinidae — Aves, Coraciiformes (19 genera, 139 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.