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 |
|---|---|---|
| Echidnophora butteli Schmitz, 1915 | PhoridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lesser weeverEchiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829) | TrachinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-faced Spiny Tree-ratEchimys chrysurus (Zimmermann, 1780) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark Spiny Tree-ratEchimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinanthera cephalomaculata Di Bernardo, 1994 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinanthera cephalostriata Di Bernardo, 1996 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinanthera cyanopleura (Cope, 1885) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinanthera melanostigma (Wagler, 1824) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinanthus neuvillei Castex, 1930 | ClypeasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinanthus schweinfurthi | ClypeasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinanthus varnensis Gocev, 1933 | ClypeasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinanura elegans Carpenter, 1935 | NeanuridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinarachnius (Echinarachnius) microthyroides Nisiyama, 1940-1941 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinarachnius (Kewia) elongatus Nisiyama, 1940-1941 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinarachnius (Kewia) parvus Nisiyama, 1940-1941 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinarachnius asiaticus Michelin, 1859 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinarachnius astrodapsoides Wagner, 1974 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinarachnius humilis Nisiyama, 1968 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinarachnius naganoensis Morishita, 1953 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| common sand dollarEchinarachnius parma (Lamarck, 1816) | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinarachnius plafkeri Wagner, 1974 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinarachnius subtumidus Nisiyama & Hashimoto, 1950 | EchinarachniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinargus martha (Dognin, 1888) | LycaenidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinaster (Echinaster) reticulatus H.L. Clark, 1923 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) aculeata (Gray, 1840) | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) graminicola Campbell & Turner, 1984 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) guyanensis A.M. Clark, 1987 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) paucispinus A.M. Clark, 1987 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) sentus (Say, 1825) | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) serpentarius Müller & Troschel, 1842 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) tenuispina Verrill, 1871 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| banded bubble starEchinaster callosus Marenzeller, 1895 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster echinatus Koehler, 1920 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster farquhari Benham, 1909 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinax natalensis Haddad, 2012 | CorinnidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinax panache Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | CorinnidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinax similis Haddad, 2012 | CorinnidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinella polypori Mamaev, 1965 | CecidomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echineulima asthenosomae (Warén, 1980) | EulimidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echineulima thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921) | EulimidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echineulima tokii (T. Habe, 1974) | EulimidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiniphimedia barnardi Coleman & Andres, 1988 | IphimediidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiniphimedia echinata (Walker, 1906) | IphimediidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiniphimedia gabrielae Coleman & Andres, 1988 | IphimediidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiniphimedia imparidentata (Bellan-Santini, 1972) | IphimediidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiniphimedia waegelei Coleman & Andres, 1988 | IphimediidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980 | EchiniscoididaeTardigrada | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echiniscus angolensis da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1964 | EchiniscidaeTardigrada | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echiniscus arctomys Ehrenberg, 1853 | EchiniscidaeTardigrada | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echiniscus arthuri Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2005 | EchiniscidaeTardigrada | 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.