Groups

Below is a list of groups organised to help you find the higher grouping or family you're looking for.

Some groups contain groups within them which can be opened up by clicking on the [»] link next to the name.

Lower Invertebrates

• Porifera (Sponges)
• Cestoda (Tapeworms)
• Nemertea (Nemertine worms, ribbon worms)
• Nematoda (Nematodes, roundworms)
• Kamptozoa (Entoprocts)

Higher Invertebrates

• Chaetognatha (Arrow worms)
• Brachiopoda (Lamp shells)
• Mollusca [»] (Snails, bivalves, squid, chitons)
  • Aplacophora (Aplacophorans)
  • Polyplacophora (Chitons)
  • Cephalopoda (Squid, octopus, ammonites)
  • Scaphopoda (Tusk shells, tooth shells)
  • Bivalvia (Bivalves, clams, cockles)
  • Gastropoda (snails)
  • Pulmonata (pulmonate snails)
• Sipuncula (Peanut worms)
• Echiura (Spoon worms)
• Annelida [»] (Fan worms, earthworms, leeches)
  • Polychaeta (sand, tube and fan worms)
  • Oligochaeta (earthworms, enchytraeids, microdriles)
  • Hirudinea (leeches)
• Onychophora (Velvet worms)
• Arthropoda [»] (Crabs, prawns, slaters, insects, spiders, mites)
  • Crustacea [»] (Crabs, prawns, lobsters, shrimps)
    • Branchiopoda (Fairy, clam and shield shrimps, water fleas)
    • Ostracoda (Ostracods, seed or mussel shrimps)
    • Copepoda (Copepods)
    • Decapoda (Crabs, prawns, lobsters, yabbies, marron)
    • Syncarida (Anaspidaceans)
    • Peracarida (Amphipods, isopods, krill, slaters)
  • Arachnida [»] (Spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions)
    • Schizomida (Whip scorpions)
    • Amblypygi (Tail-less whip-scorpions)
    • Palpigradi (Palpigrades)
    • Pseudoscorpiones (False scorpions)
    • Scorpiones (Scorpions)
    • Acari (Mites, ticks)
    • Opiliones (Harvestmen, daddy longlegs)
    • Araneae (Spiders)
    • Pycnogonida (Sea spiders)
  • Symphyla (Symphylans)
  • Chilopoda (Centipedes, scutigeromorphs)
  • Diplopoda (Millipedes)
  • Pauropoda (Pauropods)
  • Protura (Proturans)
  • Collembola (Springtails)
  • Diplura (Diplurans)
  • Insecta [»] (Insects)
    • Zygentoma (Silverfish, bristletails)
    • Archaeognatha (Archaeognaths)
    • Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
    • Odonata (Dragonflies, damselflies)
    • Blattodea (Cockroaches)
    • Mantodea (Mantids, praying mantids)
    • Isoptera (Termites)
    • Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
    • Orthoptera (Locusts, grasshoppers, crickets)
    • Dermaptera (Earwigs)
    • Embioptera (Web-spinners)
    • Phasmida (Stick insects)
    • Zoraptera (Zorapterans)
    • Psocoptera (Psocids, barklice, booklice)
    • Phthiraptera (Lice)
    • Heteroptera (Bugs)
    • Thysanoptera (Thrips)
    • Aleyrodoidea (Whiteflies)
    • Aphidoidea (Aphids, greenflies)
    • Coccoidea (Scale insects, mealy bugs)
    • Psylloidea (Psyllids, jumping plantlice)
    • Cicadoidea (Cicadas)
    • Auchenorrhyncha (leaf-hoppers, plant hoppers, spittle bugs)
    • Strepsiptera (Stylops)
    • Coleoptera [»] (Beetles)
      • Archostemata (Ommatids, Cupedids)
      • Myxophaga (Microsporids)
      • Adephaga (Ground Beetles, Water Beetles)
      • Hydrophiloidea (Hydrophilids, Histerids)
      • Staphylinoidea (Feather-wing Beetles, Carrion Beetles, Burying Beetles, Ant-like Litter Beetles)
      • Scirtoidea (Scirtids, Clambids)
      • Scarabaeoidea (Dung Beetles, Christmas Beetles)
      • Dascilloidea (Dascillids, Rhipicerids)
      • Byrrhoidea (Byrrhids, Elmids)
      • Elateroidea (Click Beetles)
      • Buprestoidea (Jewel Beetles)
      • Bostrichoidea (Dermestids)
      • Lymexyloidea (Lymexylids)
      • Cucujoidea (Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles)
      • Tenebrionoidea (Tenebrionids)
      • Chrysomeloidea (Leaf-eating beetles)
    • Neuroptera (Lacewings, ant lions)
    • Megaloptera (Alderflies, dobsonflies)
    • Hymenoptera [»] (Wasps, sawflies, ants, bees)
      • Symphyta (Sawflies)
      • Stephanoidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Megalyroidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Trigonaloidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Evanioidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Proctotrupoidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Platygastroidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Chalcidoidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Mymarommatoidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Ichneumonoidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Chrysidoidea (Parasitic wasps)
      • Vespoidea (Ants, spider wasps, flower wasps)
      • Apoidea (Bees, sphecids)
    • Mecoptera (Scorpionflies)
    • Siphonaptera (Fleas)
    • Diptera [»] (Flies)
      • Nematocera (Lower Flies)
      • Orthorrhapha (March, Horse, Long-legged, Bee Flies)
      • Cyclorrhapha (Fruit Flies, Signal Flies, Vinegar Flies)
    • Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
    • Lepidoptera [»] (Butterflies, moths)
      • Incurvarioidea (Ghost, leaf miner and fairy moths)
      • Noctuoidea (Cut worms, army worms, bud worms)
      • Castnioidea (sun moths)
      • Gelechioidea (Litter moths)
      • Zygaenoidea (Burnets, foresters)
      • Hesperioidea (Skippers)
      • Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
• Echinodermata (Starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, brittle stars)
• Hemichordata (Acorn worms)

Chordata

• Tunicata (Sea squirts, ascidians)
• Cephalochordata (Lancelets, amphioxus)
• Pisces [»] (Fish, sharks, rays)
  • Myxini (Hagfishes)
  • Petromyzontida (Lampreys)
  • Chondrichthyes (Sharks, Rays, Chimaeras)
  • Sarcopterygii (Lungfish)
  • Actinopterygii [»] (Ray-finned fishes)
    • Osteoglossomorpha (Saratoga)
    • Elopomorpha (Eels, Oxeye herrings, Halosaurs)
    • Clupeomorpha (Anchovies, Sardines)
    • Euteleostei (All other fishes)
• Amphibia (Frogs)
• Reptilia (Reptiles)
• Aves (Birds)
• Mammalia [»] (Mammals)
  • Prototheria (Echidna, platypus)
  • Marsupialia (Marsupials)
  • Eutheria (Placental mammals)