THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Desmopachria vicina Sharp, 1887 | DytiscidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopachria zelota Young, 1990 | DytiscidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopachria zethus Young, 1995 | DytiscidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopauropus dukensis (Starling, 1943) | PauropodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmophyllites gaudama (Forbes, 1846) | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmophyllites larteti (Seunes, 1891) | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmophyllum joannense Dennant, 1902 | CaryophylliidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmophyllum quinarium Tenison-Woods, 1879 | CaryophylliidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmopoda bombiformis Felder & Felder, 1874 | SesiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoptera (Desmoptera) irianica Kevan, 1982 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoptera (Desmoptera) judicata Bolívar, 1884 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Forest PyrgomorphDesmoptera (Desmoptera) truncatipennis Sjöstedt, 1920 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella biroi (Bolívar, 1905) | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella cercata Ramme, 1941 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella circe Kevan, 1970 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella curvata Kevan, 1970 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella curvicercis Ramme, 1941 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella dahli Ramme, 1941 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella esme Kevan, 1970 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella haani (Bolívar, 1898) | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella keyensis Kevan, 1970 | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella prasina (Bolívar, 1905) | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterella sundaica (Rehn, 1909) | PyrgomorphidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmopterus pacificus Essenberg, 1919 | DesmopteridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmopterus papilio Chun, 1889 | DesmopteridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmopuntius foerschi (Kottelat, 1982) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmopuntius gemellus (Kottelat, 1996) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmopuntius hexazona (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmopuntius johorensis (Duncker, 1904) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmopuntius pentazona (Boulenger, 1894) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus (Koumans, 1940) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmorhynchus blainvillei (Graff, 1899) | RhynchodemidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmorhynchus vejdovskyi (Graff, 1899) | RhynchodemidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmosia alluaudi Bolívar, 1895 | PseudophyllodromiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma australis Nordenstam, 1933 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma brevicauda Menzies & George, 1972 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma brevipes Nordenstam, 1933 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma elegans Fresi & Schiecke, 1969 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma hesslera Brandt, 1992 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma latipes Hansen, 1916 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma lineare G. O. Sars, 1864 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma lobipes Kussakin, 1965 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma modestum Nordenstam, 1933 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma puritanum Fresi & Schiecke, 1969 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma renatae Brix, 2007 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma rotundus Menzies & George, 1972 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma similipes Menzies & George, 1972 | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmosoma tetarta (Hessler, 1970) | DesmosomatidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmote antarcticus Shinn, 1987 | UmagillidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmote vorax Beklemischev, 1916 | UmagillidaePlatyhelminthes | 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.