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1 Feb 2024
2 Jun 2023
4 Aug 2022
- Phylum Onychophora (invertebrates): "all" 11 families [PDF]
- Phylum Tardigrada (invertebrates): "all" 24 families [PDF]
- Class Mammalia (mammals): updated classification down to order [PDF]
- Class Collembola (arthropods): "all" 33 families [PDF]
- Class Pycnogonida (arthropods): "all" 86 genera [PDF]
- Order Blattodea (insects): "all" 17 families [PDF]
- Order Phasmida (insects): "all" 450 genera [PDF]
- Order Thysanoptera (insects): "all" 14 families [PDF]
9 Feb 2022
- Class Bivalvia (molluscs): "all" 112 extant and 224 fossil families [PDF]
- Class Gastropoda (molluscs): "all" 407 extant and 181 fossil families [PDF]
- Class Scaphopoda (molluscs): "all" 60 genera [PDF]
28 Feb 2021
- Superclass †Trilobitomorpha (arthropods): "all" 171 families; 617 genera
- Subclass Aves (birds): links to all families of "Birds of the World"
- Order †Bradoriida (arthropods): "all" 110 genera [PDF]
- Order Amblypygi (arachnids): "all" 23 genera [PDF]
- Order Opiliones (arachnids): "all" 59 families [PDF]; 208 genera
- Order Palpigradi (arachnids): "all" 8 genera [PDF]
- Order Pseudoscorpiones (arachnids): "all" 479 genera [PDF]
- Order Ricinulei (arachnids): "all" 10 genera [PDF]
- Order Scorpiones (arachnids): "all" 314 genera [PDF]
29 Nov 2020
28 Sep 2020
20 Dec 2019
15 Jul 2019
24 Mar 2019
02 Apr 2018
- Class †Thelodonti (fishes): "all" 38 genera
- Order †Pterosauria (reptiles): 62 genera
- Superfamily †Dunkleosteoidea (fishes): "all" 8 genera
- Superfamily Noctuoidea (moths): "all" 4883 extant genera; 27,539 species and 3136 subspecies [in progress]
25 Apr 2017
30 Apr 2016
20 Jan 2015
- Domain Bacteria (prokaryotes): 2375 extant genera and 10,119 species [in progress]
- Infraphylum Dinoflagellata (protists): "all" 209 extant and 587 fossil genera [Contributors: F. Gómez & T. Rees]
- Class Chelonia (reptiles): "all" 335 recent species and 174 subspecies [Contributor: S. Thomson]
- Order Carnivora (mammals): "all" 285 extant species and 1254 subspecies
- Order Chiroptera (mammals): "all" 1135 extant species and 1305 subspecies
- Order Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies): 18,070 species and 6931 subspecies [in progress]
- Family Sesiidae (moths): "all" 1420 species
- minerals (minerals): 1486 species [in progress]
26 Jan 2014
- Caelum (astronomy): "all" 1564 Bayer designated stars
- Solar System (astronomy): "all" 18,077 named minor planets
- Solar System (astronomy): "all" 293 numbered periodic comets
- surface (geography): 3030 objects
- geopolitical regions (geography): 5094 objects
- (Municipality) Amsterdam (geography): 1304 taxa of plants and animals [Contributor: Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening, Gemeente Amsterdam]
- viruses (viruses): "all" 2664 species
- diseases and related health problems: all 2-character ICD-10 codes
- Class Actinopterygii (fishes): updated classification (in progress)
- Class Chondrichthyes (fishes): updated classification
- Order Lepidoptera (insects): updated classification and 16,419 extant genera
- Family Cyprinidae (fishes): "all" 2898 extant species
- Family Salticidae (spiders): "all" 5324 extant species, incl. geographic distribution
- Subfamily Heliconiinae (insects): "all" 499 species, and 1100 subspecies
07 Apr 2012
- Integration of the former Systema Naturae 2000 classification and cladification (major update!)
- Phylum Gastrotricha (invertebrates): "all" 63 extant genera
- Phylum †Lobopodia (invertebrates): update
- Class Cestoda (invertebrates): 410 extant genera
- Class Ostracoda (crustaceans): 742 extant genera
- Class Polyplacophora (molluscs): "all" 91 extant genera
- Class Pycnogonida (arthropods): "all" 86 genera
- Class Spermatopsida (plants): 13,294 extant genera
- Order Amphipoda (crustaceans): "all" 1604 extant genera
- Order Coleoptera (insects): update
- Suborder †Plesiadapiformes (mammals): "all" 105 species
- Infraorder Anomura (crustaceans): "all" 234 extant genera
- Family Elephantidae (mammals): update [Contributor: J.A. van Essen]
21 Mar 2011
- Statistics:
- History of the total number of valid taxa and objects
- Taxon Hierarchy:
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chemical compounds
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surface features, e.g. continents, islands, mountains, and volcanos
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Lithosphere, incl. tectonic plates
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Hydrosphere, incl. oceans, streams, and lakes
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Biosphere, incl. ecoregions, forests, populated places, national parks, and zoos
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phenomena, e.g. earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tropical cyclones
- Taxon Nomenclature:
- Authorship of most zoological genera! [Contributor: T. Rees]
- Biosphere (ecology): "all" ecoregions
- Phylum Ciliophora (protozoa): 1535 genera
- Superclass Parabasalia (protozoa): classification, and "all" 86 genera
- Class Amphibia (amphibians): updated classification and "all" 6639 recent species
- Subclass Copepoda (crustaceans): "all" 2081 extant genera
- Order Agaricales (fungi): "all" 385 extant genera
- Order Cumacea (crustaceans): "all" 1538 extant and 6 fossil species
- Order Ixodida (arthropods): "all" 868 extant species
- Order Lagomorpha (mammals): update
- Order Mysida (crustaceans): "all" 168 extant genera
- Order Plecoptera (insects): 655 extant species
- Order Tanaidacea (crustaceans): "all" 1082 extant and 13 fossil species
- Suborder Parasitina (arthropods): 350 extant species in "all" 32 genera
- Haplogynae (spiders): "all" 3469 extant species
- Superfamily Chalcidoidea (insects): "all" 2037 extant genera
- Superfamily Deinopoidea (spiders): "all" 310 extant species
- Superfamily Eresoidea (spiders): "all" 360 extant species
- Superfamily Palpimanoidea (spiders): "all" 443 extant species
- symphytognathoids (spiders): "all" 433 extant species
- Anthophila (insects): "all" 429 extant genera
- Family Araneidae (spiders): "all" 2851 extant species, incl. geographic distribution
- Family Tetragnathidae (spiders): "all" 914 extant species
17 Oct 2009
- particles (physics): 398 species
- chemical elements (chemistry): all 118 species
- Domain Archaea (prokaryotes): classification, and "all" 326 species
- Domain Bacteria (prokaryotes): classification, "all" 1867 genera, and 8318 species
- Phylum Tracheophyta (plants): classification, and "all" 471 families
- Chitinozoa (protozoa): "all" 56 fossil genera
- Subclass Avialae (birds): classification, and "all" 9607 extant species
- Order Diplura (insects): "all" 130 extant and 5 fossil genera [Contributor: J. Hallan]
- Order Diptera (insects): "all" 157 extant families
- Order Odonata (insects): "all" 624 extant genera
- Order Phasmatodea (insects): "all" 450 extant genera
- Order Protura (insects): "all" 72 extant genera [Contributor: J. Hallan]
- Order Pseudoscorpiones (arthropods): "all" 450 genera
- Order Trichoptera (insects): "all" 608 extant and 97 fossil genera
- Infraorder Mygalomorphae (spiders): "all" 2563 extant species and 55 extant subspecies
- Superfamily Acridoidea (insects): "all" 1664 extant genera
- Family Formicidae (insects): "all" 11,900 extant and 560 fossil species [Contributors: J. Hallan & M.S. Engel]
- Family Nymphalidae (insects): "all" 552 extant and 7 fossil genera
14 Aug 2008
- New root: Natura, incl. astronomical, geological, and meteorological entities (following Systema Naturae of Linnaeus)
- All 88 constellations
- All 8 planets in the solar system, and their 144 moons
- Domain Archaea (prokaryotes): classification, and "all" 87 genera
- Domain Bacteria (prokaryotes): classification, and "all" 1568 genera
- Phylum Bryophyta (plants): classification, and "all" 872 extant genera
- Phylum Chlorophyta (algae): 2669 species
- Phylum Ctenophora (invertebrates): "all" 191 species
- Superorder Neuropterida (insects): classification [Contributor: M.S. Engel]
- Order Isopoda (crustaceans): "all" 1435 genera
- Order Primates (mammals): classification, "all" 392 extant species, and 319 subspecies
- Infraorder Pachycephalosauria (reptiles): "all" 18 species
- Superfamily Cynipoidea (insects): classification, and "all" 33 fossil species [Contributor: M.S. Engel]
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (insects): classification
- Family Formicidae (insects): 3500 species [Contributor: J. Hallan]
- Family Lycosidae (spiders): "all" 2268 species
- Family Pamphagidae (insects): "all" 458 species, and 188 subspecies
25 Sep 2007
- Kingdom Fungi (fungi): updated classification and cladification [Contributor: D.S. Hibbett]
- Kingdom Fungi (fungi): "all" 133 orders [Contributor: D.S. Hibbett]
- Phylum Ascomycota (fungi): "all" 3611 recent genera [Contributor: A.T. White]
- Phylum Chaetognatha (invertebrates): "all" 131 recent species
- Phylum Glomeromycota (fungi): "all" 205 species
- Subphylum Cephalochordata (invertebrates): "all" 32 recent species
- Infraphylum "Moniliformopses" (plants): "all" 277 recent genera
- Class Amphibia (amphibians): updated classification and cladification
- Class Amphibia (amphibians): "all" 6099 recent species
- Order Araneae (spiders): "all" 3678 recent genera [Contributor: D.J. Stang]
- Order Opiliones (arthropods): "all" 46 recent families
- Order Scorpiones (arthropods): "all" 207 recent and fossil genera
24 Feb 2007
- Superphylum Lophophorata (invertebrates): "all" 405 recent species [Contributor: C.C. Emig]
- Mammaliaformes (mammals): "all" 4064 fossil genera
- Class Gastropoda (molluscs): "all" 410 recent and 172 fossil families
- Superorder Archipolypoda (arthropods): "all" 9 fossil genera [Contributor: L.I. Anderson]
- Family Acrididae (insects): classification
02 Sep 2006
- Phylum Ascomycota (fungi): "all" 322 families, and 1321 genera [Contributor: A.T. White]
- Phylum Mollusca (molluscs): partial update
- Class Amphibia (amphibians): "all" 458 genera
- Class Mammalia (mammals): "all" 2505 fossil genera, excl. grandorder Ungulata
- Class Oligochaeta (annelids): update [Contributors: B.C. Das & J.W. Reynolds]
- Order Gymnophiona (amphibians): "all" 168 species in 33 genera
- Order Urodela (amphibians): "all" 524 species in 59 genera
- Family Acrididae (insects): "all" 6132 species in 1370 genera [Contributor: D.J. Stang]
- Family Agelenidae (spiders): "all" 485 species in 47 genera [Contributor: D.J. Stang]
25 Mar 2006
- Kingdom Plantae: "all" English family names
- Phylum Tardigrada (invertebrates): "all" 103 genera, 401 species (almost 50% of total) and updated classification [Contributor: T.E. Hallas]
28 Jan 2006
10 Dec 2005
- Phylum Cyanobacteria (prokaryotes): "all" 236 genera
- Class Mammalia (mammals): fossil genera and common names added
- Order Thysanoptera (insects): "all" 799 genera (incl. extinct) [Contributor: L.A. Mound]
10 Oct 2005
- Biota (organisms): more than 100,000 species
- viruses (viruses): "all" 289 genera, and 2062 species
- Class Aplacophora (molluscs): "all" 95 genera, and 346 species
- Class Cubozoa (invertebrates): "all" 18 species
- Class Scyphozoa (invertebrates): "all" 197 species
- Class Staurozoa (invertebrates): "all" 48 species
- Subclass Acari (arthropods): "all" 527 families (incl. extinct)
- Superfamily Buprestoidea (insects): "all" 491 genera
- Family Ichneumonidae (insects): "all" 1443 genera (incl. extinct)
15 Aug 2005
- Phylum Acanthocephala (invertebrates): 960 species
- Phylum Annelida (invertebrates): 2999 species
- Phylum Ciliophora (protozoa): 2157 species
- Class Aves (birds): ongoing clean-up operations
09 Jul 2005
- Class Aves (birds): ongoing clean-up operations
04 Jun 2005
- Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates): major update
- Clade Vertebrata (vertebrates): major update
- Class Aves (birds): ongoing clean-up operations
- Class Osteichthyes (fishes): ongoing clean-up operations
- Class Sauropsida (reptiles): "all" 8218 species
- Class †Trilobita (arthropods): genera added
21 Apr 2005
17 Apr 2005
06 Mar 2005
- Class Aves (birds): ongoing clean-up operations
26 Feb 2005
- Domain Bacteria (prokaryotes): ongoing inventory of names
- Phylum Microsporidia (fungi): hosts added
- Class Aves (birds): ongoing clean-up operations
- Class Osteichthyes (fishes): ongoing clean-up operations
- Many English common names added within all major groups
19 Dec 2004
25 Sep 2004
31 Aug 2004