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 |
|---|---|---|
| Echinosigra (Echinogutta) valvaedentata Mironov, 1974 | PourtalesiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosocius finitimus Dojiri & Humes, 1982 | TaeniacanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinosocius gulicolus Dojiri & Humes, 1982 | TaeniacanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinosocius pectinatus Humes & Cressey, 1961 | TaeniacanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinosoma affine Hincks, 1959 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma afrum (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma ater Steinmann, 1983 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma celebense Hincks, 1959 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma concolor Borelli, 1907 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma forbesi Kirby, 1891 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma forsitan Steinmann, 1986 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma fuscum Borelli, 1907 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma occidentale de Bormans, 1893 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma pallidicolle Hincks, 1959 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma parvulum Dohrn, 1863 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma roseiventre Kamimura & Nishikawa, 2016 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma rufomarginatum Borelli, 1931 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma setulosum Hincks, 1959 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma trilineatum Borelli, 1921 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinosoma wahlbergi Dohrn, 1863 | PygidicranidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| MoonratEchinosorex gymnurus (Raffles, 1822) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinostoma paraulum Dietz, 1909 | EchinostomatidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinostrephus saipanicum Cooke, 1957 | EchinometridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinostylinos hirsutus Koltun, 1970 | PhellodermidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinostylinos mycaloides Koltun, 1970 | PhellodermidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinostylinos patriciae Carvalho, Lopes, Cosme & Hajdu, 2016 | PhellodermidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinostylinos schmidtii (Arnesen, 1903) | PhellodermidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinostylinos stylophora (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) | PhellodermidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinostylinos tubiformis (Lévi, 1993) | PhellodermidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinoteuthis atlantica (Joubin, 1933) | MastigoteuthidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinoteuthis famelica (S. S. Berry, 1909) | MastigoteuthidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinotheridion elicolum Levi, 1963 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinotheridion otlum Levi, 1963 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinothrips asperatus Hood, 1957 | ThripidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinothrips mexicanus Moulton, 1911 | ThripidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinothrips pinnatus Hood, 1960 | ThripidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinothrips selaginellae Mound, 1994 | ThripidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinothrips subflavus Hood, 1927 | ThripidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| banded sea urchinEchinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774) | DiadematidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinotiara arabica Melville, 1955 | StomechinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinotiara perebaskinei Lambert in Lambert & Perebaskine, 1929 | StomechinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892) | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinotriton chinhaiensis (Chang, 1932) | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinotriton maxiquadratus Hou, Wu, Yang, Zheng, Yuan & Li, 2014 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinotriton raffaellii Hernandez & Dufresnes, 2022 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinotropis horrida (Saussure, 1899) | PamphagidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinotropis karasensis (Sjöstedt, 1932) | PamphagidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinoturris finlayi (A. W. B. Powell, 1935) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinotus natalensis Chevrolat, 1874 | TenebrionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinovadoma alacermatrix Tilbrook, 2000 | EchinovadomidaeBryozoa | 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.