ANIMALIA

Animals

Record a sighting Alerts
Name source
Australian Faunal Directory
Rank
kingdom
Data links
LSID
JSON / WMS/ RDF

Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

For a JSON view of this data, click here

WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=kingdom:ANIMALIA
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

To download an RDF/XML document for the concepts and names click here
A JSON view of this information is here here
A html view of this information is here here

Further details

For more details on occurrence webservices, click here
For more details on names webservices, click here

Species presence

 Recorded In Australia

Occurrence records map

occurrence map map legend

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Online resources

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
ANIMALIA

Common Names

Common name Source
Animals
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA  Recorded in Australia
phylum
ACANTHOCEPHALA: Thorny-headed Worms  Recorded in Australia
phylum
ANNELIDA: Segmented Worms  Recorded in Australia
phylum
ARTHROPODA: Arthropods  Recorded in Australia
phylum
BRACHIOPODA: Lamp Shells  Recorded in Australia
phylum
BRYOZOA: Bryozoans  Recorded in Australia
phylum
CHAETOGNATHA: Arrow Worms  Recorded in Australia
phylum
CHORDATA: Chordates  Recorded in Australia
phylum
CNIDARIA: Corals  Recorded in Australia
phylum
CTENOPHORA: Comb Jellies  Recorded in Australia
phylum
DICYEMIDA: Mesozoans  Recorded in Australia
phylum
ECHINODERMATA: Echinoderms  Recorded in Australia
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ECHIURA: Burrow Worms  Recorded in Australia
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GASTROTRICHA: Gastrotrichs  Recorded in Australia
phylum
GNATHOSTOMULIDA: Gnathostomulids  Recorded in Australia
phylum
HEMICHORDATA: Hemichordates  Recorded in Australia
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KAMPTOZOA  Recorded in Australia
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KINORHYNCHA: Kinorhyncha  Recorded in Australia
phylum
LORICIFERA: Loriciferans  Recorded in Australia
phylum
MOLLUSCA: Molluscs  Recorded in Australia
phylum
NEMATODA: Nematodes  Recorded in Australia
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NEMATOMORPHA: Gordian Worms  Recorded in Australia
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NEMERTEA: Ribbon Worms  Recorded in Australia
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ONYCHOPHORA: Velvet Worms  Recorded in Australia
phylum
PHORONIDA: Horseshoe Worms  Recorded in Australia
phylum
PLATYHELMINTHES: Flatworms  Recorded in Australia
phylum
PORIFERA: Sponges  Recorded in Australia
phylum
PRIAPULIDA: Priapulids  Recorded in Australia
phylum
ROTIFERA: Rotifers  Recorded in Australia
phylum
SIPUNCULA: Peanut Worms  Recorded in Australia
phylum
TARDIGRADA: Water Bears  Recorded in Australia
phylum
XENACOELOMORPHA  Recorded in Australia

Occurrence records

View list of all occurrence records for this taxon

Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records

Hint: click on chart elements to view that subset of records

Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA