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
- Thoracostomopsidae, Enoplida (22 genera, 273 species)
- Balitoridae, Cypriniformes (37 genera, 272 species)
- Gorgoderidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (22 genera, 272 species)
- Haplozetidae — Arachnida, Sarcoptiformes (28 genera, 272 species)
- Longidoridae, Dorylaimida (6 genera, 272 species)
- Tubuliporidae — Stenolaemata, Cyclostomatida (28 genera, 272 species)
- Axiidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (61 genera, 271 species)
- Leptopsyllidae — Insecta, Siphonaptera (29 genera, 269 species)
- Megalopygidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (23 genera, 269 species)
- Aoridae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (26 genera, 268 species)
- Canidae — Mammalia, Carnivora (67 genera, 268 species)
- Trochomorphidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (21 genera, 268 species)
- Anapidae — Arachnida, Araneae (71 genera, 267 species)
- Phasianidae — Aves, Galliformes (67 genera, 267 species)
- Cerastidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (22 genera, 266 species)
- Grantiidae — Calcarea, Leucosolenida (15 genera, 266 species)
- Helicopsychidae — Insecta, Trichoptera (5 genera, 266 species)
- Pontocyprididae — Ostracoda, Podocopida (25 genera, 266 species)
- Alucitidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (20 genera, 265 species)
- Eubelidae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (51 genera, 265 species)
- Mantellidae — Amphibia, Anura (12 genera, 265 species)
- Pleuroceridae — Gastropoda (13 genera, 265 species)
- Polycystididae, Rhabdocoela (58 genera, 265 species)
- Schizasteridae — Echinoidea, Spatangoida (26 genera, 265 species)
- Capulidae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (29 genera, 264 species)
- Eleotridae, Perciformes (39 genera, 264 species)
- Linhomoeidae — Chromadorea, Monhysterida (35 genera, 264 species)
- Tessaratomidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (60 genera, 264 species)
- Trachelidae — Arachnida, Araneae (20 genera, 264 species)
- Callionymidae, Perciformes (21 genera, 263 species)
- Comesomatidae — Chromadorea, Araeolaimida (26 genera, 263 species)
- Molgulidae — Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia (16 genera, 263 species)
- Oedicerotidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (46 genera, 263 species)
- Orbiniidae — Polychaeta (25 genera, 262 species)
- Sigalionidae — Polychaeta, Phyllodocida (35 genera, 262 species)
- Propeamussiidae — Bivalvia, Pectinida (6 genera, 261 species)
- Schizoporellidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (12 genera, 261 species)
- Hildoceratidae — Cephalopoda (38 genera, 260 species)
- Pratylenchidae — Chromadorea, Rhabditida (14 genera, 260 species)
- Stylinidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (19 genera, 260 species)
- Leptocytheridae — Ostracoda, Podocopida (18 genera, 259 species)
- Macronyssidae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (37 genera, 259 species)
- Sisoridae, Siluriformes (17 genera, 259 species)
- Epipsocidae — Insecta, Psocodea (31 genera, 258 species)
- Semelidae — Bivalvia, Cardiida (17 genera, 258 species)
- Tydeidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (22 genera, 258 species)
- Chactidae — Arachnida, Scorpiones (18 genera, 257 species)
- Dilepididae — Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea (59 genera, 257 species)
- Faviidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (43 genera, 257 species)
- Vanikoridae — Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha (22 genera, 256 species)
- Ampithoidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (18 genera, 255 species)
- Dugesiidae, Tricladida (14 genera, 255 species)
- Melicharidae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (14 genera, 255 species)
- Perilampidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (15 genera, 255 species)
- Perisphinctidae — Cephalopoda (61 genera, 255 species)
- Rhopalidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (31 genera, 255 species)
- Belondiridae, Dorylaimida (23 genera, 254 species)
- Gadilidae — Scaphopoda, Gadilida (10 genera, 254 species)
- Scyliorhinidae — Elasmobranchii, Carcharhiniformes (39 genera, 254 species)
- Bombycidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (28 genera, 253 species)
- Cidaridae — Echinoidea, Cidaroida (41 genera, 253 species)
- Philodinidae — Eurotatoria, Bdelloidea (12 genera, 253 species)
- Craspedosomatidae — Diplopoda, Chordeumatida (49 genera, 252 species)
- Halocyprididae — Ostracoda, Halocyprida (55 genera, 252 species)
- Mycalidae — Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida (3 genera, 252 species)
- Talitridae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (81 genera, 252 species)
- Caenidae — Insecta, Ephemeroptera (26 genera, 251 species)
- Crangonyctidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (14 genera, 251 species)
- Ptychopariidae — Trilobita, Ptychopariida (88 genera, 251 species)
- Pyuridae — Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia (16 genera, 251 species)
- Vaejovidae — Arachnida, Scorpiones (25 genera, 251 species)
- Adeonidae — Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida (15 genera, 250 species)
- Dicranophoridae — Eurotatoria, Ploima (19 genera, 250 species)
- Eumastacidae — Insecta, Orthoptera (56 genera, 250 species)
- Myophoriidae — Bivalvia, Trigoniida (18 genera, 250 species)
- Neocyclotidae — Gastropoda, Architaenioglossa (35 genera, 250 species)
- Oxystominidae, Enoplida (19 genera, 250 species)
- Photidae — Malacostraca, Amphipoda (16 genera, 250 species)
- Scytodidae — Arachnida, Araneae (4 genera, 250 species)
- Sminthuridae — Collembola, Symphypleona (34 genera, 250 species)
- Crangonidae — Malacostraca, Decapoda (27 genera, 249 species)
- Gnathiidae — Malacostraca, Isopoda (12 genera, 249 species)
- Planariidae, Tricladida (15 genera, 249 species)
- Bacillidae — Insecta, Phasmida (35 genera, 248 species)
- Immidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (10 genera, 248 species)
- Caliscelidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (79 genera, 247 species)
- Mormyridae, Osteoglossiformes (21 genera, 247 species)
- Pupillidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (10 genera, 247 species)
- Leptodactylidae — Amphibia, Anura (19 genera, 246 species)
- Entocytheridae — Ostracoda, Podocopida (35 genera, 245 species)
- Cheiruridae — Trilobita, Phacopida (58 genera, 244 species)
- Olpiidae — Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones (26 genera, 244 species)
- Testudinidae — Testudines (46 genera, 244 species)
- Mathildidae — Gastropoda (25 genera, 243 species)
- Schendylidae — Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha (36 genera, 243 species)
- Bythitidae, Ophidiiformes (59 genera, 242 species)
- Corduliidae — Insecta, Odonata (43 genera, 242 species)
- Flabellidae — Anthozoa, Scleractinia (14 genera, 242 species)
- Opisthorchiidae — Trematoda, Plagiorchiida (36 genera, 242 species)
- Oxychilidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (24 genera, 242 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.