A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Esperiana roseni (Starobogatov, 1992) | MelanopsidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885) | EsperiopsidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esperiopsis chindoensis Sim, 1995 | EsperiopsidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esperiopsis cimensis van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012 | EsperiopsidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esperiopsis crassofibrosa Brøndsted, 1924 | EsperiopsidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esperiopsis pulchella Ridley & Dendy, 1886 | EsperiopsidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esperiopsis radiata (Topsent, 1927) | EsperiopsidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esperiopsis stipula Koltun, 1958 | EsperiopsidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esperiopsis strongylophora Vacelet, 1969 | EsperiopsidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson africanus Cameron, 1935 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson confusus Cameron, 1946 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson cruzensis Coiffait, 1981 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson franzi Coiffait, 1981 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson grossepunctatus Cameron, 1950 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson minor Coiffait, 1981 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson novaeguineae Fauvel, 1902 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson peyrierasi Lecoq, 1995 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espeson titschacki Bernhauer, 1941 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus capensis Brindle, 1967 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus dentatus Hincks, 1959 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus ecarinatus Brindle, 1973 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus inca (Burr, 1903) | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus kuscheli Hincks, 1959 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus lativentris (Philippi, 1863) | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus mucronatus Hincks, 1959 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus peringueyi (de Bormans, 1900) | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus porteri Burr, 1913 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus rostratus Brindle, 1984 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esphalmenus weidneri Brindle, 1966 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Espinosa nothofagi Gahan, 1947 | MelanosomellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Espinosina terracota (Moro, Ortea & Pérez-Dionis, 2015) | AplustridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Espira obscura Sellards, 1909 | ProbnidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Esselenia vanduzeei Hebard, 1920 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| threeline pricklebackEsselenichthys carli (Follett & Anderson, 1990) | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twoline pricklebackEsselenichthys laurae (Follett & Anderson, 1990) | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Essigella essigi Hottes, 1957 | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Essigella knowltoni Hottes, 1957 | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Essina actenioides (Rebel, 1914) | PyralidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Essolithna cordipennis Lea, 1904 | CurculionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Essolithna pluviata Pascoe, 1870 | CurculionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Essolithna terrena Lea, 1904 | CurculionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Essostruthella acatinga Martins & Galileo, 2004 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Essostruthella nevermanni Lane, 1972 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Estatheroporus gauthieri Alonso, 1990 | BranchiopodaArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Estellacar olivacea (Reeve, 1844) | NoetiidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Estenorhinus angulicollis (Gyllenhal, 1833) | BrentidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Estenorhinus angustirostris (Haedo Rossi, 1954) | BrentidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Estenorhinus columbianus Damoiseau, 1989 | BrentidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Estenorhinus concolor (Sharp, 1895) | BrentidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Estenorhinus confrater (Kleine, 1944) | BrentidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.