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
- Ancyloceratidae — Cephalopoda (31 genera, 139 species)
- Cystidicolidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (26 genera, 139 species)
- Epedanidae — Arachnida, Opiliones (66 genera, 139 species)
- Euplectellidae — Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida (36 genera, 139 species)
- Lytoceratidae — Cephalopoda (27 genera, 139 species)
- Melithaeidae — Anthozoa, Malacalcyonacea (6 genera, 139 species)
- Microlaimidae — Chromadorea, Desmodorida (16 genera, 139 species)
- Microtrombidiidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (40 genera, 139 species)
- Moridae, Gadiformes (24 genera, 139 species)
- Nerineidae — Gastropoda (26 genera, 139 species)
- Osphronemidae, Perciformes (14 genera, 139 species)
- Parulidae — Aves, Passeriformes (24 genera, 139 species)
- Peripatopsidae (41 genera, 139 species)
- Plectopylidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (10 genera, 139 species)
- Polymastiidae — Demospongiae, Polymastiida (16 genera, 139 species)
- Schistosomatidae — Trematoda, Diplostomida (20 genera, 139 species)
- Syarinidae — Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones (20 genera, 139 species)
- Calymenidae — Trilobita, Phacopida (22 genera, 138 species)
- Centropagidae — Copepoda, Calanoida (15 genera, 138 species)
- Charinidae — Arachnida, Amblypygi (3 genera, 138 species)
- Halonoproctidae — Arachnida, Araneae (6 genera, 138 species)
- Hemisinidae — Gastropoda (10 genera, 138 species)
- Heteroderidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (10 genera, 138 species)
- Leptocheliidae — Malacostraca, Tanaidacea (33 genera, 138 species)
- Plakobranchidae — Gastropoda (5 genera, 138 species)
- Psolidae — Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida (7 genera, 138 species)
- Scaridae, Perciformes (11 genera, 138 species)
- Trachelipodidae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (10 genera, 138 species)
- Wellerellidae — Rhynchonellata, Rhynchonellida (31 genera, 138 species)
- Ypsolophidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (5 genera, 138 species)
- Anguinidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (15 genera, 137 species)
- Dasypodidae — Mammalia, Cingulata (49 genera, 137 species)
- Escharinidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (13 genera, 137 species)
- Habrotrochidae — Eurotatoria, Bdelloidea (3 genera, 137 species)
- Leucospidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (4 genera, 137 species)
- Lutjanidae, Perciformes (22 genera, 137 species)
- Mugilidae, Mugiliformes (29 genera, 137 species)
- Strophalosiidae (28 genera, 137 species)
- Agriolimacidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (6 genera, 136 species)
- Biantidae — Arachnida, Opiliones (31 genera, 136 species)
- Cymbaeremaeidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (8 genera, 136 species)
- Gryllotalpidae — Insecta, Orthoptera (16 genera, 136 species)
- Pterasteridae — Asteroidea, Velatida (12 genera, 136 species)
- Retusidae — Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea (5 genera, 136 species)
- Sphaerodoridae — Polychaeta, Phyllodocida (11 genera, 136 species)
- Tornoceratidae — Cephalopoda, Goniatitida (21 genera, 136 species)
- Acarnidae — Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida (13 genera, 135 species)
- Aromobatidae — Amphibia, Anura (5 genera, 135 species)
- Arthrosphaeridae — Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida (4 genera, 135 species)
- Auchenipteridae, Siluriformes (24 genera, 135 species)
- Camelidae — Mammalia, Artiodactyla (47 genera, 135 species)
- Eurhynchidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (7 genera, 135 species)
- Harpacticidae — Copepoda, Harpacticoida (13 genera, 135 species)
- Noteridae — Insecta, Coleoptera (15 genera, 135 species)
- Odontellidae — Collembola, Poduromorpha (13 genera, 135 species)
- Teinostomatidae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (1 genera, 135 species)
- Ctenacanthidae — Elasmobranchii (8 genera, 134 species)
- Lernaeidae — Copepoda, Cyclopoida (17 genera, 134 species)
- Limacidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (13 genera, 134 species)
- Lithodidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (11 genera, 134 species)
- Myalinidae — Bivalvia, Myalinida (20 genera, 134 species)
- Myobatrachidae — Amphibia, Anura (13 genera, 134 species)
- Obolidae — Lingulata, Lingulida (38 genera, 134 species)
- Pennatulidae — Anthozoa, Scleralcyonacea (10 genera, 134 species)
- Proctotrupidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (42 genera, 134 species)
- Scombridae, Perciformes (23 genera, 134 species)
- Xenidae — Insecta, Strepsiptera (6 genera, 134 species)
- Ambonychiidae — Bivalvia, Myalinida (25 genera, 133 species)
- Arcestidae — Cephalopoda, Ceratitida (5 genera, 133 species)
- Heliozelidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (13 genera, 133 species)
- Oecobiidae — Arachnida, Araneae (10 genera, 133 species)
- Rhizangiidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (32 genera, 133 species)
- Trechaleidae — Arachnida, Araneae (19 genera, 133 species)
- Bougainvilliidae — Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata (17 genera, 132 species)
- Brachodidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (15 genera, 132 species)
- Dorididae — Gastropoda, Nudibranchia (10 genera, 132 species)
- Ellisellidae — Anthozoa, Scleralcyonacea (10 genera, 132 species)
- Hormuridae — Arachnida, Scorpiones (13 genera, 132 species)
- Hystrignathidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (37 genera, 132 species)
- Notocotylidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (13 genera, 132 species)
- Odontopleuridae — Trilobita, Lichida (27 genera, 132 species)
- Podoctidae — Arachnida, Opiliones (57 genera, 132 species)
- Prokopievskiidae — Bivalvia, Myalinida (26 genera, 132 species)
- Valloniidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (14 genera, 132 species)
- Brachystomellidae — Collembola, Poduromorpha (19 genera, 131 species)
- Carnidae — Insecta, Diptera (6 genera, 131 species)
- Ceramoporidae — Stenolaemata, Cystoporida (11 genera, 131 species)
- Crisiidae — Stenolaemata, Cyclostomatida (7 genera, 131 species)
- Melongenidae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (22 genera, 131 species)
- Neriidae — Insecta, Diptera (24 genera, 131 species)
- Ormyridae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (3 genera, 131 species)
- Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectiformes (14 genera, 131 species)
- Polyptychitidae — Cephalopoda (20 genera, 131 species)
- Strophocheilidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (12 genera, 131 species)
- Aplysiidae — Gastropoda, Aplysiida (13 genera, 130 species)
- Augaptilidae — Copepoda, Calanoida (12 genera, 130 species)
- Botryllophilidae — Copepoda, Cyclopoida (7 genera, 130 species)
- Centrorhynchidae — Palaeacanthocephala, Polymorphida (3 genera, 130 species)
- Dasyuridae — Mammalia, Dasyuromorphia (27 genera, 130 species)
- Harpidae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (8 genera, 130 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.