IRMNG summary statistics as at 16-SEP-2013 09:27, synonyms included

  FAMILIES   GENERA   SPECIES
IRMNG Group IRMNG total families IRMNG extant fams. IRMNG fossil fams. IRMNG extant + fossil fams. IRMNG no extant/ fossil flag IRMNG 'unallocated' fams. in group IRMNG known fam. synonyms (reconciled)   IRMNG total genera IRMNG extant genera IRMNG fossil genera IRMNG extant + fossil genera IRMNG no extant/ fossil flag IRMNG 'unallocated' genera in group IRMNG known gen. synonyms (reconciled) IRMNG unverified genus names   IRMNG total species IRMNG extant species IRMNG fossil species IRMNG extant + fossil species IRMNG no extant/ fossil flag IRMNG 'unallocated' species in group IRMNG known sp. synonyms (reconciled) IRMNG E/EF spp., no synonyms World extant spp. (est.) IRMNG percent complete (extant, valid spp.)
Acanthocephala 42 40 0 2 0 1 16   291 282 1 0 8 8 113 18   2341 2341 0 0 0 0 937 1404 1000 : figure from Chapman (2005) 140.4
Acritarcha 2 0 2 0 0 1 0   973 1 972 0 0 973 16 214   5123 0 5123 0 0 5123 3 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Aglaspidida 6 0 6 0 0 1 0   29 0 29 0 0 18 2 2   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Agmata 5 0 5 0 0 2 0   4 0 4 0 0 2 1 0   4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Algae 1009 595 133 183 98 61 97   9229 5922 2739 183 385 1592 863 665   87542 73540 6682 20 7300 3029 19688 54913 28800 : estimated from AlgaeBase, 2004 version plus additional sources; excludes Cyanophyta, fossil species, infraspecies, and synonyms 190.67
Amphibia 192 28 122 29 13 14 5   2151 737 634 95 685 791 289 32   6478 6426 17 6 29 0 634 5798 5802 : figure from Chapman (2005) 99.93
Animalia (unassigned) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0   289 4 110 0 175 289 4 1   7 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 : 0
Annelida 248 170 31 40 7 15 51   5172 3623 513 130 906 1182 948 424   23710 23030 499 8 173 226 6682 16418 16500 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 11,000 in Dorit et al.; 15,000 in Chapman 99.5
Archaea 33 31 0 0 2 5 0   117 116 0 0 1 6 6 12   358 357 0 0 1 4 62 295 90 : figure from Raven et al. (1999), quoted as "fewer than 100" 327.78
Archaeocyatha 151 0 151 0 0 9 6   544 0 544 0 0 501 7 87   6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Arthropoda (unassigned) 9 0 8 0 1 3 1   35 0 33 0 2 18 5 1   4 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 : 0
Aves 395 90 116 151 38 37 20   13233 5086 654 412 7081 6281 3181 26   11900 11601 52 81 166 6 1005 10688 9917 : figure from Chapman (2005) 107.77
Bacteria (excl. Cyanobacteria) 337 319 0 4 14 15 3   2053 2028 4 0 21 98 98 307   10650 10629 0 0 21 234 3316 7289 7000 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include nonmarine species; 2600 in Raven et al.; 5,400 in Chapman 104.13
Brachiopoda 562 5 517 37 3 16 31   6214 111 5860 97 146 1006 710 600   2361 547 1258 1 555 3 140 501 550 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 335 in Dorit et al.; 335 in Chapman 91.09
Bryozoa 436 67 174 187 8 11 29   3187 470 1636 463 618 1505 256 260   8956 4648 542 15 3751 24 509 4282 5750 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include nonmarine species; 4000 in Dorit et al.; 4,500 in Chapman 74.47
Calcitarcha 4 0 4 0 0 1 1   56 0 56 0 0 41 3 1   48 0 48 0 0 3 1 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Cephalochordata 5 1 0 4 0 1 3   26 21 4 0 1 3 19 0   64 64 0 0 0 0 24 40 32 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 45 in Dorit et al.; 23 in Chapman 125
Chaetognatha 13 10 0 1 2 1 1   61 45 5 0 11 14 4 9   309 308 0 0 1 0 63 245 121 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 70 in Dorit et al.; 100 in Chapman 202.48
Chelicerata 1226 683 144 233 166 23 209   19789 17029 1080 35 1645 1512 5390 685   113045 109834 1533 0 1678 50 19469 91275 98000 : figure from Chapman (2005) for Arachnida only; 60,000 in Brusca & Brusca (2003); "some 60,000 Arachnida" (majority of phylum) in Dorit et al. 93.14
Chitinozoa 1 0 1 0 0 1 0   113 0 113 0 0 113 0 10   5 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Cnidaria 750 308 280 110 52 41 59   8916 2570 4054 539 1753 3819 1212 739   18585 16304 896 52 1333 43 4420 12734 10000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 9,000 in Dorit et al.; 9,000 in Chapman 127.34
Conodonta 59 0 59 0 0 5 0   657 0 657 0 0 614 19 30   85 0 85 0 0 66 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Crustacea 1561 921 274 262 104 69 159   19778 11635 4808 929 2406 5391 1996 1836   92633 78374 1080 39 13140 152 18276 64468 68171 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 40,000 in Chapman 94.57
Ctenophora 44 32 3 2 7 2 4   99 83 10 0 6 8 21 7   246 239 5 0 2 1 39 200 166 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 90 in Dorit et al.; 100 in Chapman 120.48
Cyanobacteria 100 31 32 33 4 8 23   946 531 375 4 36 215 203 68   7664 7317 238 0 109 105 1933 5393 2650 : estimated from AlgaeBase, 2004 version plus additional sources; excludes fossil species, infraspecies, and synonyms 203.51
Cycliophora 1 1 0 0 0 0 0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; not in Dorit et al. 200
Echinodermata 764 67 443 221 33 96 47   7583 1582 4261 524 1216 3716 748 450   17567 12886 843 40 3798 14 7403 7585 7000 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 6000 in Dorit et al.; 7000 in Chapman 108.36
Echiura 9 6 0 3 0 2 1   80 73 2 0 5 5 20 5   255 247 2 0 6 3 37 214 176 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 140 in Dorit et al.; 135 in Chapman 121.59
Entoprocta (Kamptozoa) 7 5 0 2 0 0 2   28 25 0 2 1 0 12 0   307 275 0 0 32 0 79 210 180 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include nonmarine spcies; 150 in Dorit et al.; 150 in Chapman 116.67
Fossil Problematica 67 0 67 0 0 11 2   1278 0 1278 0 0 1155 33 25   96 0 96 0 0 37 1 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Fungi 941 855 4 77 5 1 184   17047 16579 461 2 5 734 6285 85   90225 90197 23 2 3 34 56010 34016 70000 : figure from Raven et al. (1999), quoted as "over 70,000" 48.59
Gastrotricha 22 17 0 0 5 1 1   114 104 0 0 10 9 36 12   1212 1210 0 0 2 1 114 1097 450 : figure from Chapman (2005) 243.78
Gnathostomulida 13 13 0 0 0 1 0   29 29 0 0 0 1 1 5   114 114 0 0 0 0 8 106 97 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 80 in Dorit et al.; 80 in Chapman 109.28
Hemichordata 73 10 55 6 2 11 2   650 30 609 3 8 341 44 44   694 166 526 0 2 16 12 147 106 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 85 in Dorit et al.; 106 in Chapman also 138.68
Hexapoda 2439 842 707 784 106 56 365   174654 114907 7487 946 51314 41328 32976 5570   899380 884503 4323 5 10549 1352 233730 644927 926400 : figure from Grimaldi & Engel, 2005; 948,000 in Brusca & Brusca (2003); 950,000 in Chapman 69.62
Hyolitha 39 0 39 0 0 4 0   196 0 196 0 0 125 8 41   7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Kinorhyncha 14 11 0 0 3 2 1   34 27 0 0 7 8 7 3   175 175 0 0 0 0 4 171 130 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 100 in Dorit et al.; 150 in Chapman 131.54
Lobopoda (fossil, excl. Onychophora s.s.) 8 2 5 1 0 1 0   79 64 15 0 0 11 13 0   88 88 0 0 0 0 7 81 0 : (extinct group) 0
Loricifera 4 4 0 0 0 0 1   9 9 0 0 0 0 0 5   26 26 0 0 0 0 0 26 18 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 1 in Dorit et al.; 22 in Chapman 144.44
Mammalia 681 21 429 205 26 45 47   12826 2877 6930 1575 1444 2573 4020 845   7220 5071 367 629 1153 2 1470 5004 5416 : figure from Chapman (2005) 92.39
Mesozoa (Rhombozoa + Orthonectida) 9 7 1 0 1 0 2   23 18 5 0 0 0 2 2   178 178 0 0 0 0 25 153 106 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 50 in Dorit et al.; 90 in Chapman 144.34
Micrognathozoa 1 1 0 0 0 0 0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 : single known species (Kristensen & Funch, 2000) 100
Mollusca 2357 405 1095 673 184 141 505   40869 6220 17183 4789 12677 18122 5445 2106   103240 38260 3268 1600 60112 28 37126 31272 93195 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 60,000 in Dorit et al.; 70,000 in Chapman 33.56
Monoblastozoa 1 1 0 0 0 1 0   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 : figure from Chapman (2005) 0
Myriapoda 221 153 17 25 26 7 5   3817 2346 87 0 1384 874 146 72   3024 2976 2 0 46 0 311 2665 12215 : figure from Chapman (2005) 21.82
Myxozoa 39 35 0 0 4 4 10   115 113 0 0 2 5 30 19   2083 2081 2 0 0 0 292 1789 1200 : figure from Lecointre & Le Guyader, 2006 149.08
Nematoda (Nemata) 437 410 1 21 5 2 137   5278 5039 142 0 97 83 2001 223   34628 34239 354 0 35 4 7200 27105 25000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 12,000 in Dorit et al.; "<25,000" in Chapman 108.42
Nematomorpha 8 4 0 2 2 1 0   37 27 1 7 2 2 12 0   622 320 2 0 300 1 91 281 320 : figure from Chapman (2005) 87.81
Nemertea 58 54 0 1 3 4 2   500 461 1 0 38 90 63 49   2656 2650 0 0 6 112 1095 1555 1230 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include "few" nonmarine species; 900 in Dorit et al.; 900 in Chapman 126.42
Onychophora 1 0 1 0 0 0 0   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 165 : figure from Chapman (2005); 110 in Brusca & Brusca 0
Phoronida 2 0 0 2 0 1 0   14 6 8 0 0 2 7 0   41 36 5 0 0 0 15 22 20 : figure from Chapman (2005) 110
Pisces 1323 342 521 429 31 140 205   18987 12331 4087 1131 1438 4380 8209 632   78991 76867 575 93 1456 49 46001 31888 29000 : figure from Chapman (2005), for Pisces (28,900) + Agnatha (114), rounded 109.96
Placozoa 1 1 0 0 0 0 0   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0   3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 : figure from Chapman (2005), plus possible second species 100
Plantae (excl. Algae and Fungi) 1275 740 208 321 6 120 280   50062 41284 8587 157 34 6548 14016 493   167046 165977 832 10 227 697 69427 95859 263400 : sum of relevant groups (Hepatophyta through Anthophyta) in Raven et al. (1999) 36.39
Platyhelminthes 636 507 0 11 118 10 34   7423 5152 192 1 2078 2017 1246 541   21527 20640 184 0 703 271 4752 16289 20000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 18,500 in Dorit et al.; 20,000 in Chapman. Includes Acoelomorpha of some authors 81.45
Porifera (excl. Archaeocyatha) 480 124 222 124 10 33 41   4749 1877 2054 161 657 1906 847 322   17585 17267 202 0 116 46 6602 10675 5500 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 5000 in Dorit et al.; 5,500 in Chapman 194.09
Priapulida 24 3 15 6 0 1 4   60 21 39 0 0 1 16 3   97 67 30 0 0 0 47 22 8 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 13 in Dorit et al.; 18 in Chapman 275
Prions 2 2 0 0 0 0 0   6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0   10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 : figure from Wikipedia, retrieved August 2011 66.67
Protozoa (excl. Algae) 1401 783 281 243 94 69 109   13121 5572 4193 978 2378 6953 917 883   18639 10826 1036 9 6768 244 3325 9266 60600 : based on 66,100 (sum of relevant groups) in Dorit et al., less approx. 5,500 est. phytoflagellates (within "algae" in present list) 15.29
Reptilia 542 25 443 60 14 54 17   7865 2635 3207 292 1731 2786 1033 93   25096 24846 147 33 70 19 16280 8530 8300 : figure from Chapman (2005) 102.77
Rotifera 44 43 0 0 1 1 3   407 281 0 0 126 126 65 13   1265 1265 0 0 0 0 77 1188 1800 : figure from Chapman (2005) 66
Sipuncula 16 14 1 0 1 1 8   113 102 6 0 5 8 72 21   1118 1114 4 0 0 0 895 221 144 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 320 in Dorit et al.; 320 in Chapman 153.47
Tardigrada 28 24 1 2 1 1 1   143 129 11 0 3 11 15 13   1296 1293 2 0 1 0 179 1115 980 : figure from Chapman (2005); 800 in Brusca & Brusca 113.78
Thylacocephala 2 0 2 0 0 2 0   16 0 16 0 0 16 3 2   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Trilobitomorpha 252 0 252 0 0 19 5   5751 0 5751 0 0 4155 200 331   2252 0 2252 0 0 317 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Trilobozoa 3 0 3 0 0 1 0   5 0 5 0 0 4 1 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Tunicata 47 40 0 5 2 1 4   880 736 8 3 133 137 285 62   6056 6026 0 0 30 0 2116 3924 5000 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine, adjusted upwards; 2000 in Dorit et al.; 2,556 in Chapman 78.48
Unaccepted / non-biological 1 0 0 0 1 0 0   9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : 0
Vendobionta 8 0 8 0 0 3 0   46 0 46 0 0 34 4 5   2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Vertebrata (unassigned) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : 0
Vetulicolia 6 0 6 0 0 1 1   12 0 12 0 0 1 1 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Virus 99 98 0 0 1 1 2   421 421 0 0 0 14 16 15   3307 3307 0 0 0 46 50 3257 2000 : figure from Chapman (2005) 162.85
Xenoturbellida 1 1 0 0 0 0 0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 : figure from Wikipedia, retrieved February 2007 100
unallocated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : 0
 
TOTALS: 21598 9002 6889 4503 1204 1194 2746   469305 271383 91776 13458 92688 124282 94221 19024   1900258 1750770 33171 2643 113674 12379 571983 1216620 1794727 67.79