IRMNG summary statistics as at 02-AUG-2012 09:44, 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 43 40 0 2 1 1 15   290 281 1 0 8 8 113 17   2282 2282 0 0 0 0 924 1358 1000 : figure from Chapman (2005) 135.8
Acritarcha 2 0 2 0 0 1 0   970 1 969 0 0 970 14 214   4689 0 4689 0 0 4689 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   3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Algae 904 588 130 177 9 78 62   8594 5695 2685 179 35 1749 806 259   45685 41680 3974 19 12 1287 13884 27943 28800 : estimated from AlgaeBase, 2004 version plus additional sources; excludes Cyanophyta, fossil species, infraspecies, and synonyms 97.02
Amphibia 192 28 122 29 13 14 5   2149 737 632 95 685 791 288 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   330 2 83 0 245 330 3 1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : 0
Annelida 236 161 30 38 7 15 44   4971 3287 484 113 1087 1284 856 242   10433 10233 26 1 173 16 1559 8675 16500 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 11,000 in Dorit et al.; 15,000 in Chapman 52.58
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 151 0 151 0 0 9 1   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   36 0 33 0 3 19 5 1   3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 : 0
Aves 394 90 116 151 37 37 20   13232 5086 653 412 7081 6285 3180 25   11818 11551 52 81 134 6 981 10651 9917 : figure from Chapman (2005) 107.4
Bacteria (excl. Cyanobacteria) 322 319 0 3 0 32 3   1944 1941 3 0 0 155 95 206   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 562 5 518 36 3 17 30   6210 114 5860 96 140 1008 710 593   2084 501 1247 0 336 2 101 459 550 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 335 in Dorit et al.; 335 in Chapman 83.45
Bryozoa 425 65 173 183 4 11 26   3128 388 1635 434 671 1651 237 211   5315 3356 374 4 1581 9 320 3032 5750 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include nonmarine species; 4000 in Dorit et al.; 4,500 in Chapman 52.73
Calcitarcha 4 0 4 0 0 1 1   56 0 56 0 0 41 3 1   46 0 46 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   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 1230 677 146 228 179 31 185   19761 17024 1072 34 1631 1528 5386 665   111978 109041 1522 0 1415 49 19037 90766 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. 92.62
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 699 290 279 103 27 44 40   8769 2424 4051 502 1792 3937 1138 624   14763 13611 750 47 355 18 2700 11016 10000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 9,000 in Dorit et al.; 9,000 in Chapman 110.16
Conodonta 59 0 59 0 0 5 0   658 0 658 0 0 615 19 30   84 0 84 0 0 65 0 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Crustacea 1399 883 244 250 22 78 108   19073 11010 4790 883 2390 6052 1756 1404   43413 41364 257 9 1783 55 2894 38480 68171 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 40,000 in Chapman 56.45
Ctenophora 33 30 0 2 1 2 3   88 73 10 0 5 17 18 5   185 185 0 0 0 5 8 177 166 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 90 in Dorit et al.; 100 in Chapman 106.63
Cyanobacteria 95 31 32 32 0 8 22   894 523 368 3 0 207 200 29   3418 3320 98 0 0 48 730 2588 2650 : estimated from AlgaeBase, 2004 version plus additional sources; excludes fossil species, infraspecies, and synonyms 97.66
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 663 59 392 179 33 98 15   7421 1392 4139 361 1529 4359 668 311   7794 6324 551 24 895 16 1523 4830 7000 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 6000 in Dorit et al.; 7000 in Chapman 69
Echiura 9 6 0 3 0 2 1   72 68 2 0 2 3 18 7   225 223 2 0 0 1 14 209 176 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 140 in Dorit et al.; 135 in Chapman 118.75
Entoprocta (Kamptozoa) 6 5 0 1 0 0 1   28 25 0 2 1 0 12 0   277 246 0 0 31 0 65 195 180 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include nonmarine spcies; 150 in Dorit et al.; 150 in Chapman 108.33
Fossil Problematica 67 0 67 0 0 11 2   1273 0 1273 0 0 1150 33 24   37 0 37 0 0 20 1 0 0 : (extinct group) 0
Fungi 907 825 4 76 2 114 181   16396 15956 434 2 4 5332 6244 78   89576 89562 12 2 0 10524 55953 33438 70000 : figure from Raven et al. (1999), quoted as "over 70,000" 47.77
Gastrotricha 19 17 0 0 2 1 1   111 102 0 0 9 9 34 8   1076 1075 0 0 1 1 101 975 450 : figure from Chapman (2005) 216.67
Gnathostomulida 13 13 0 0 0 1 0   28 28 0 0 0 1 0 4   108 108 0 0 0 0 2 106 97 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 80 in Dorit et al.; 80 in Chapman 109.28
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 2450 849 707 774 120 62 345   174648 114811 7488 946 51403 41415 32973 5560   898552 883752 4311 5 10484 1353 233584 644314 926400 : figure from Grimaldi & Engel, 2005; 948,000 in Brusca & Brusca (2003); 950,000 in Chapman 69.55
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   33 26 0 0 7 8 7 2   163 163 0 0 0 0 4 159 130 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 100 in Dorit et al.; 150 in Chapman 122.31
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   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 652 21 429 181 21 45 23   12785 2877 6928 1544 1436 2581 3987 804   6257 4924 360 629 344 2 620 4992 5416 : figure from Chapman (2005) 92.17
Mesozoa (Rhombozoa + Orthonectida) 9 7 1 0 1 0 2   22 17 5 0 0 0 2 2   157 157 0 0 0 0 15 142 106 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 50 in Dorit et al.; 90 in Chapman 133.96
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 2090 337 1089 527 137 152 266   40310 5897 17156 4543 12714 19933 5144 1638   44350 29537 1990 1547 11276 40 5378 25719 93195 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 60,000 in Dorit et al.; 70,000 in Chapman 27.6
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 2345 87 0 1382 874 146 69   2916 2871 2 0 43 0 262 2609 12215 : figure from Chapman (2005) 21.36
Myxozoa 39 35 0 0 4 4 10   116 114 0 0 2 5 30 20   1939 1937 2 0 0 0 269 1668 1200 : figure from Lecointre & Le Guyader, 2006 139
Nematoda (Nemata) 434 410 1 21 2 2 137   5245 5017 142 0 86 84 1998 221   33816 33460 344 0 12 4 7075 26442 25000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 12,000 in Dorit et al.; "<25,000" in Chapman 105.77
Nematomorpha 9 4 0 3 2 2 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 54 52 0 1 1 4 2   488 436 1 0 51 119 58 40   2367 2367 0 0 0 118 969 1398 1230 : figure from Bouchet (2006), revised upwards to include "few" nonmarine species; 900 in Dorit et al.; 900 in Chapman 113.66
Onychophora 2 0 1 0 1 1 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   33 28 5 0 0 0 13 16 20 : figure from Chapman (2005) 80
Pisces 1301 339 521 421 20 141 194   18757 12218 4085 1092 1362 4385 8065 408   74870 73983 576 93 218 52 43432 30638 29000 : figure from Chapman (2005), for Pisces (28,900) + Agnatha (114), rounded 105.65
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) 1273 742 208 319 4 120 279   49485 40954 8371 157 3 6356 13780 464   166701 165740 797 10 154 596 69345 95701 263400 : sum of relevant groups (Hepatophyta through Anthophyta) in Raven et al. (1999) 36.33
Platyhelminthes 552 508 0 11 33 18 29   7158 4439 192 1 2526 2642 1172 376   10320 10217 75 0 28 48 1318 8939 20000 : figure from Brusca & Brusca (2003); 18,500 in Dorit et al.; 20,000 in Chapman. Includes Acoelomorpha of some authors 44.7
Porifera (excl. Archaeocyatha) 446 111 222 105 8 35 16   4702 1811 2054 141 696 1951 809 275   15009 14785 181 0 43 25 5162 9623 5500 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 5000 in Dorit et al.; 5,500 in Chapman 174.96
Priapulida 24 3 15 6 0 1 4   54 17 37 0 0 0 16 4   96 67 29 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) 1332 776 277 240 39 76 69   12947 5481 4165 955 2346 7470 864 776   5983 5189 136 6 652 81 853 4345 60600 : based on 66,100 (sum of relevant groups) in Dorit et al., less approx. 5,500 est. phytoflagellates (within "algae" in present list) 7.17
Reptilia 541 25 442 60 14 54 17   7864 2634 3207 292 1731 2789 1032 91   25064 24820 147 33 64 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   1198 1198 0 0 0 0 71 1127 1800 : figure from Chapman (2005) 62.61
Sipuncula 8 6 1 0 1 1 0   79 74 5 0 0 0 50 5   601 597 4 0 0 0 389 209 144 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine; 320 in Dorit et al.; 320 in Chapman 145.14
Tardigrada 29 25 1 2 1 2 1   141 128 11 0 2 11 15 11   1272 1270 2 0 0 0 175 1095 980 : figure from Chapman (2005); 800 in Brusca & Brusca 111.73
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 4157 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 46 40 0 5 1 2 4   848 701 8 3 136 142 259 44   3737 3730 0 0 7 1 462 3268 5000 : figure from Bouchet (2006), all marine, adjusted upwards; 2000 in Dorit et al.; 2,556 in Chapman 65.36
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   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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : 0
 
TOTALS: 20573 8791 6789 4210 783 1404 2184   464520 267169 91192 12799 93360 133797 92654 16361   1674265 1615920 25459 2516 30370 19849 490721 1122119 1794727 62.52