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 |
|---|---|---|
| Helodrilus hachiojii Blakemore, 2007 | LumbricidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helodrilus mozsaryorum (Zicsi, 1974) | LumbricidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ethiopian Dwarf MongooseHelogale hirtula Thomas, 1904 | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Dwarf MongooseHelogale parvula (Sundevall, 1847) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helogenes castaneus (Dahl, 1960) | CetopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helogenes gouldingi Vari & Ortega, 1986 | CetopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helogenes marmoratus Günther, 1863 | CetopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helogenes uruyensis Fernández-Yépez, 1967 | CetopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Schouteden's Sun SnakeHelophis schoutedeni (de Witte, 1942) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helostoma temminckii Cuvier, 1829 | HelostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helostomatis fotedari Gupta & Tandon, 1985 | CladorchiidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helostomatis sakrei Bhalerao, 1937 | CladorchiidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helostomatis simhai Gupta & Puri, 1986 | CladorchiidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ring-necked Spitting CobraHemachatus haemachatus (Bonnaterre, 1790) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nyanga rinkhalsHemachatus nyangensis Reissig, Major, Renk, Barlow, Paijmans, Morris, Hofreiter, Broadley & Wüster, 2023 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longtail bassHemanthias leptus (Ginsburg, 1952) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| splittail bassHemanthias peruanus (Steindachner, 1875) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| hookthroat bassHemanthias signifer (Garman, 1899) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemerocoetes artus Nelson, 1979 | HemerocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Regan, 1914 | HemerocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemerocoetes morelandi Nelson, 1979 | HemerocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus Regan, 1914 | HemerocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Socotran RacerHemerophis socotrae (Günther, 1881) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemerorhinus heyningi (Weber, 1913) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemerorhinus opici Blache & Bauchot, 1972 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiaclis katrinae Engl, 2006 | EulimidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiaclis obtusa Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | EulimidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiaclis ventrosa (Friele, 1876) | EulimidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiancistrus aspidolepis (Günther, 1867) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiancistrus cerrado de Souza, Melo, Chamon & Armbruster, 2008 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiancistrus chlorostictus Cardoso & Malabarba, 1999 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiancistrus medians (Kner, 1854) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiancistrus megalopteryx Cardoso, 2004 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiancistrus sabaji (Armbruster, 2003) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiancistrus votouro Cardoso & da Silva, 2004 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiarius dioctes (Kailola, 2000) | AriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiarius harmandi Sauvage, 1880 | AriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiarius verrucosus (Ng, 2003) | AriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grey SnakeHemiaspis damelii (Günther, 1876) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-bellied Swamp SnakeHemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiaster (Bolbaster) callidus McNamara, 1987b | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hemiaster (Bolbaster) hattaensis Ali, 1989a | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hemiaster (Bolbaster) subidus McNamara, 1987b | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hemiaster (Leymeriaster) polygonalis Tanaka, 1984a | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hemiaster (Mecaster) mikasaensis Tanaka, 1984b | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hemiaster amurensis Shmidt in Shmidt & Vereshchaghin, 1960 | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hemiaster anisopetalus Smith & Wright, 2008 | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hemiaster arachnius Devriès, 1973 | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hemiaster benhurensis Stephenson, 1941 | HemiasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
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.