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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eloria velhoa Schaus, 1920 | ErebidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eloria walkeri Collenette, 1950 | ErebidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elosa worrallii Lord, 1891 | TrichocercidaeRotifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elousa fraterna Smith, 1899 | ErebidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elousa mima Harvey, 1876 | ErebidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elousa schausi Giacomelli, 1911 | ErebidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidemis capensis (Grouvelle, 1890) | ElmidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elpidemis fossicollis Delève, 1964 | ElmidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elpidia adenensis Belyaev, 1971 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia chilensis Belyaev, 1971 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia echinata (R. Perrier, 1896) | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elpidia gracilis Belyaev, 1975 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia heckeri Baranova, 1989 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia kermadecensis Hansen, 1956 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia longicirrata Belyaev, 1971 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia minutissima Belyaev, 1971 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia ninae Belyaev, 1975 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia theeli Hansen, 1956 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidia uschakovi Belyaev, 1971 | ElpidiidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elpidus hopei (Burmeister, 1842) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elporia anisonyx Barnard, 1947 | BlephariceridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elporia armata Stuckenberg, 1955 | BlephariceridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elporia capensis Edwards, 1915 | BlephariceridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elporia elnorae (Edwards, 1929) | BlephariceridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elporia flavopicta (Edwards, 1932) | BlephariceridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elporia natalensis Stuckenberg, 1955 | BlephariceridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elporia nigra Stuckenberg, 1961 | BlephariceridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elporia scruposa Stuckenberg, 1955 | BlephariceridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elrathia sampsoni Resser, 1938 | AlokistocaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Elrathina offula Resser, 1939 | PtychopariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Elsahowia natalensis Duckhouse, 1978 | PsychodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elsalvadoria tomhaasi Bott, 1970 | PseudothelphusidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated Snapping TurtleElseya albagula Thomson, Georges & Limpus, 2006 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guadalcanal snapping turtleElseya auramemoria Joseph-Ouni, Mccord & Dwyer, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| New Guinea Snapping TurtleElseya branderhorsti (Ouwens, 1914) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Australian Snapping TurtleElseya dentata (Gray, 1863) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malaita snapping turtleElseya eidolon Joseph-Ouni, Mccord & Dwyer, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-bellied Snapping TurtleElseya flaviventralis Thomson & Georges, 2016 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Irwin's TurtleElseya irwini Cann, 1997 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elseya kalumburu Joseph-Ouni, Mccord & Cann, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf Snapping TurtleElseya lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nabire snapping turtleElseya nabire Joseph-Ouni & Mccord, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western New Guinea Stream TurtleElseya novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Merauke snapping turtleElseya papua Joseph-Ouni & Mccord, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern New Guinea Stream TurtleElseya schultzei (Vogt, 1911) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-fronted DotterelElseyornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elsius agulhasensis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) | CrassatellidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eltaninactis infundibulum Dunn, 1983 | IsanthidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elthusa californica (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884) | CymothoidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elthusa emarginata (Bleeker, 1857) | CymothoidaeArthropoda | 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.