IRMNG summary statistics as at 10-FEB-2012 05:02, 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 29 27 0 2 0 1 2   280 255 1 0 24 24 86 17   1600 1600 0 0 0 0 628 972 1000 : figure from Chapman (2005) 97.2
Acritarcha 2 0 1 1 0 1 0   970 1 969 0 0 970 13 214   4689 2 4687 0 0 4689 3 2 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   3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Algae 899 585 133 180 1 79 64   8567 5683 2707 142 35 1802 744 267   43738 42774 862 102 0 1343 13747 29110 28800 : estimated from AlgaeBase, 2004 version plus additional sources; excludes Cyanophyta, fossil species, infraspecies, and synonyms 101.08
Amphibia 194 28 124 29 13 14 7   2147 731 632 95 689 793 282 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   343 5 83 0 255 343 5 1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : 0
Annelida 239 161 32 39 7 16 44   4978 3278 496 114 1090 1286 840 243   10309 10109 26 1 173 16 1558 8552 16500 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 11,000 in Dorit et al.; 15,000 in Chapman 51.83
Archaea 31 31 0 0 0 5 0   111 111 0 0 0 6 6 6   315 315 0 0 0 4 62 253 90 : figure from Raven et al. (1999), quoted as "fewer than 100" 281.11
Archaeocyatha 153 0 153 0 0 9 3   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 0   35 0 32 0 3 18 5 1   2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 : 0
Aves 395 90 116 152 37 37 20   13232 5053 655 408 7116 6291 3137 25   11818 11550 52 81 135 6 981 10650 9917 : figure from Chapman (2005) 107.39
Bacteria (excl. Cyanobacteria) 322 319 0 3 0 32 3   1944 1941 3 0 0 155 95 207   9547 9547 0 0 0 286 3272 6251 7000 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include nonmarine species; 2600 in Raven et al.; 5,400 in Chapman 89.3
Brachiopoda 514 5 467 32 10 17 11   6013 68 5607 89 249 2104 232 593   1858 458 1135 0 265 2 41 417 550 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 335 in Dorit et al.; 335 in Chapman 75.82
Bryozoa 419 62 173 180 4 11 25   3121 377 1660 413 671 1655 229 211   5270 3282 432 0 1556 9 320 2954 5750 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include nonmarine species; 4000 in Dorit et al.; 4,500 in Chapman 51.37
Calcitarcha 4 0 4 0 0 1 1   55 0 55 0 0 40 2 1   44 0 44 0 0 1 1 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Cephalochordata 5 1 0 4 0 1 3   26 21 4 0 1 3 19 0   63 63 0 0 0 0 24 39 32 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 45 in Dorit et al.; 23 in Chapman 121.88
Chaetognatha 13 10 0 1 2 1 1   60 44 5 0 11 14 4 8   233 233 0 0 0 0 53 180 121 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 70 in Dorit et al.; 100 in Chapman 148.76
Chelicerata 974 587 90 197 100 31 28   18525 8010 933 21 9561 8069 1115 664   51830 51510 54 0 266 40 4931 46532 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. 47.48
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 680 281 279 100 20 44 28   8678 2281 4055 294 2048 4190 693 625   14165 13118 733 47 267 23 2530 10632 10000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 9,000 in Dorit et al.; 9,000 in Chapman 106.32
Conodonta 59 0 59 0 0 5 0   659 0 659 0 0 616 19 30   84 0 84 0 0 65 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Crustacea 1388 872 245 249 22 78 108   19006 10931 4797 869 2409 6075 1726 1407   42215 40000 260 9 1946 52 2893 37116 68171 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 40,000 in Chapman 54.45
Ctenophora 31 28 0 2 1 2 2   87 72 10 0 5 17 19 5   176 176 0 0 0 5 8 168 166 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 90 in Dorit et al.; 100 in Chapman 101.2
Cyanobacteria 95 31 32 32 0 8 22   894 524 368 2 0 207 201 29   3417 3365 52 0 0 48 728 2635 2650 : estimated from AlgaeBase, 2004 version plus additional sources; excludes fossil species, infraspecies, and synonyms 99.43
Cycliophora 1 1 0 0 0 0 0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; not in Dorit et al. 100
Echinodermata 660 58 391 178 33 98 15   7419 1384 4144 351 1540 4376 649 311   7603 6136 555 23 889 16 1523 4636 7000 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 6000 in Dorit et al.; 7000 in Chapman 66.23
Echiura 8 5 0 3 0 2 0   68 62 2 0 4 5 15 7   204 204 0 0 0 2 10 194 176 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 140 in Dorit et al.; 135 in Chapman 110.23
Entoprocta (Kamptozoa) 5 4 0 1 0 0 0   27 25 0 1 1 0 7 0   84 83 0 0 1 0 9 74 180 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include nonmarine spcies; 150 in Dorit et al.; 150 in Chapman 41.11
Fossil Problematica 67 0 67 0 0 11 2   1276 0 1276 0 0 1155 33 24   32 1 31 0 0 20 1 1 0 : (extinct group) 0
Fungi 906 825 4 77 0 114 181   16391 15950 436 1 4 5331 6242 78   89576 89563 12 1 0 10524 55952 33439 70000 : figure from Raven et al. (1999), quoted as "over 70,000" 47.77
Gastrotricha 18 17 0 0 1 1 0   108 91 0 0 17 17 18 8   745 745 0 0 0 0 30 715 450 : figure from Chapman (2005) 158.89
Gnathostomulida 13 13 0 0 0 1 0   28 28 0 0 0 1 0 4   99 99 0 0 0 0 2 97 97 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 80 in Dorit et al.; 80 in Chapman 100
Hemichordata 68 9 53 6 0 12 1   643 23 609 2 9 380 44 38   614 132 482 0 0 36 11 114 106 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 85 in Dorit et al.; 106 in Chapman also 107.55
Hexapoda 2213 797 619 656 141 63 110   167655 75881 7133 199 84442 63231 12260 5557   786110 778898 272 5 6935 1343 196340 573594 926400 : figure from Grimaldi & Engel, 2005; 948,000 in Brusca & Brusca (2003); 950,000 in Chapman 61.92
Hyolitha 39 0 39 0 0 4 0   196 0 196 0 0 125 8 41   6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Kinorhyncha 13 11 0 0 2 2 1   32 24 0 0 8 8 7 2   136 136 0 0 0 0 1 135 130 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 100 in Dorit et al.; 150 in Chapman 103.85
Lobopoda (fossil, excl. Onychophora s.s.) 3 0 2 1 0 1 0   13 0 13 0 0 12 1 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Loricifera 4 4 0 0 0 0 1   9 9 0 0 0 0 0 5   18 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 1 in Dorit et al.; 22 in Chapman 100
Mammalia 651 21 428 181 21 46 22   12786 2868 6638 1538 1742 2642 3923 806   6256 4925 359 629 343 2 619 4993 5416 : figure from Chapman (2005) 92.19
Mesozoa (Rhombozoa + Orthonectida) 6 5 1 0 0 0 0   22 17 5 0 0 0 2 2   119 119 0 0 0 0 7 112 106 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 50 in Dorit et al.; 90 in Chapman 105.66
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 2094 332 1097 524 141 152 268   40309 5845 17245 4417 12802 19990 5006 1639   43750 28809 2652 1122 11167 40 5376 24569 93195 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 60,000 in Dorit et al.; 70,000 in Chapman 26.36
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 2   3814 2344 87 0 1383 874 144 69   2916 2871 2 0 43 0 262 2609 12215 : figure from Chapman (2005) 21.36
Myxozoa 32 29 0 0 3 4 3   112 103 0 0 9 12 24 20   313 313 0 0 0 0 25 288 1200 : figure from Lecointre & Le Guyader, 2006 24
Nemata (Nematoda) 312 273 1 13 25 4 8   4664 2385 141 0 2138 2163 349 219   7990 7971 3 0 16 85 609 7362 25000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 12,000 in Dorit et al.; "<25,000" in Chapman 29.45
Nematomorpha 8 4 0 3 1 2 0   33 16 1 0 16 8 4 0   29 29 0 0 0 0 10 19 320 : figure from Chapman (2005) 5.94
Nemertea 55 52 0 2 1 5 3   488 436 1 0 51 119 58 40   2366 2366 0 0 0 118 969 1397 1230 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include "few" nonmarine species; 900 in Dorit et al.; 900 in Chapman 113.58
Onychophora 7 2 4 0 1 1 0   68 50 4 0 14 14 6 0   88 88 0 0 0 0 7 81 165 : figure from Chapman (2005); 110 in Brusca & Brusca 49.09
Phoronida 2 0 0 2 0 1 0   10 4 4 0 2 4 2 0   15 15 0 0 0 0 1 14 20 : figure from Chapman (2005) 70
Pisces 1276 332 513 405 26 141 74   18100 9510 4094 978 3518 5919 4032 511   74696 73807 576 93 220 56 43431 30463 29000 : figure from Chapman (2005), for Pisces (28,900) + Agnatha (114), rounded 105.04
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 742 211 320 2 120 279   49489 41014 8310 158 7 6493 13681 464   166691 165741 761 10 179 603 69344 95703 263400 : sum of relevant groups (Hepatophyta through Anthophyta) in Raven et al. (1999) 36.33
Platyhelminthes 523 487 0 11 25 18 9   6981 3669 192 1 3119 3280 623 376   6079 6063 4 0 12 42 482 5581 20000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 18,500 in Dorit et al.; 20,000 in Chapman. Includes Acoelomorpha of some authors 27.91
Porifera (excl. Archaeocyatha) 442 108 222 104 8 35 12   4700 1796 2066 130 708 1956 797 276   14914 14689 182 0 43 25 5162 9527 5500 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 5000 in Dorit et al.; 5,500 in Chapman 173.22
Priapulida 13 3 6 4 0 1 2   30 14 16 0 0 9 9 2   28 27 1 0 0 0 5 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) 1331 776 277 241 37 76 69   12948 5477 4176 944 2351 7477 851 776   5973 5182 135 6 650 79 848 4340 60600 : based on 66,100 (sum of relevant groups) in Dorit et al., less approx. 5,500 est. phytoflagellates (within "algae" in present list) 7.16
Reptilia 541 25 442 60 14 54 17   7865 2635 3207 286 1737 2792 1023 91   25059 24821 146 32 60 19 16272 8507 8300 : figure from Chapman (2005) 102.49
Rotifera 44 43 0 0 1 1 3   407 280 0 0 127 127 63 13   1197 1197 0 0 0 0 70 1127 1800 : figure from Chapman (2005) 62.61
Sipuncula 7 6 0 0 1 1 0   70 67 3 0 0 3 38 5   352 352 0 0 0 0 183 169 144 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 320 in Dorit et al.; 320 in Chapman 117.36
Tardigrada 27 24 1 2 0 2 0   139 122 11 0 6 15 7 11   308 308 0 0 0 0 12 296 980 : figure from Chapman (2005); 800 in Brusca & Brusca 30.2
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   5752 0 5752 0 0 4159 190 331   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 46 40 0 5 1 2 3   848 698 8 3 139 145 252 44   3691 3657 0 0 34 51 462 3195 5000 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine, adjusted upwards; 2000 in Dorit et al.; 2,556 in Chapman 63.9
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   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 98 98 0 0 0 1 2   418 418 0 0 0 14 16 12   3308 3308 0 0 0 46 51 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0   35 0 2 0 33 0 0 35   40 0 6 0 34 0 0 0 : 0
 
TOTALS: 19776 8423 6594 4029 730 1411 1465   454474 212643 90272 11456 140103 168224 59875 16509   1461540 1417218 16892 2167 25263 20018 430501 978925 1794727 54.54