A Sampling of Tree of Life Pages
Here are some example pages in the Tree of Life. Please note that this list is intended to show some of the diversity of pages. It is not meant to be exhaustive; there are other nice pages in the Tree of Life, which are not listed here.
The following pages were recently featured in the Learn about... column on the ToL home page:
- Spercheidae (filterfeeding water scavenger beetles)
- Apicomplexa (a group of protists)
- Ciidae (minute tree-fungus beetles)
- Argynnini (a group of butterflies)
- Taonius (a species of squid)
- Oonopidae (goblin spiders)
- Anthicidae (ant-like flower beetles)
- Opisthopsis (strobe ants)
- Acantharia (a group of protists)
- Angiosperms (flowering plants)
The following parts of the Tree of Life are particularly well covered, with some branches developed up to the species level:
- Cephalopoda (octopods, squids, nautiluses, etc.)
- Bembidion (Bracteon), a beetle group
- Prodoxidae (The yucca moth family)
- Salticidae (jumping spiders)
- Freshwater crayfish
- Frogs and toads
Here are some pages that provide a good introduction to a major group:
- Eukaryotes (organisms with nucleated cells)
- Rhodophyta (red algae)
- Angiosperms (flowering plants)
- Core Eudicots (a group of flowering plants)
- Cnidaria (sea
anemones, corals, jellyfish, etc.)
- Zoantharia (sea anemones and corals)
- Annelida (segmented worms)
- Echinodermata
(sea urchins, starfish, etc.)
- Asteroidea (sea stars and starfishes)
- Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
- Beetles
- Flies
- Acari (mites and ticks)
- Vertebrates
- Terrestrial
vertebrates
- Caudata (salamanders)
- Amniotes,
mammals, reptiles, and their extinct relatives
- Diapsids,
lizards, Sphenodon, crocodylians, birds, and
their extinct relatives
- Ankylosauria
(armored-plated dinosaurs) - Tyrannosauridae
(tyrant dinosaurs)
- Ankylosauria
- Synapsids, mammals and their extinct relatives
- Diapsids,
lizards, Sphenodon, crocodylians, birds, and
their extinct relatives
- Terrestrial
vertebrates
- Fungi
- Club fungi
(Basidiomycota)
- Hymenomycetes (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms)
- Homobasidiomycetes (mushroom-forming fungi)
- Sac fungi (Ascomycota)
- Club fungi
(Basidiomycota)
Here are some pages on little known yet fascinating groups:
- Crenarchaeota (a group of Archaea)
- Chlorarachniophytes (a group of protists)
- Florideophyceae (a group of red algae)
- Plants:
- Magnoliids (a group of flowering plants)
- Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
- Gesneriaceae (African violet & relatives)
- Fungi:
- Zygomycota (microscopic 'pin' or 'sugar' molds)
- Glomeromycota (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi)
- Ustilaginomycetes (the true smut fungi)
- Hymenochaetoid clade (a group of fungi)
- Flatworms:
- Aspidogastrea (a group of parasitic flatworms)
- Amphilinidea (a group of parasitic flatworms)
- Cephalopods:
- Architeuthis (giant squids)
- Argonauta (paper nautilus)
- Cranchiidae (bathyscaphoid squids)
- Opisthoteuthis (flapjack devilfishes)
- Thysanoteuthis rhombus (the diamondback squid)
- Tremoctopus (blanket octopus)
- Vampyroteuthis infernalis (the vampire squid)
- Bolitaena pygmaea (a species of octopus)
- Mastigoteuthis (whip-lash squid)
- Pyroteuthidae (fire squid)
- Carinarioidea (heteropod snails or sea elephants)
- Water mites
- Insects:
- Zoraptera
- Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies)
- Euphasmida (stick & leaf insects)
- Pipunculidae (big-headed flies)
- Parasitoid wasps:
- Beetles:
- Echinoderms:
- Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)
- Crinoidea (sea lilies and feather stars)
- Somasteroids
(a group of extinct, star-shaped echinoderms)
- Fish
- Hagfishes and lampreys.
- Lophiiformes (angler fishes)
- Callichthyidae (armored catfishes)
- Aspredinidae (banjo catfishes)
- The salamanderfish of Western Australia
- Osteoglossomorpha (bonytongue fishes)
- Some extinct jawless vertebrates:
- Some extinct terrestrial vertebrates:
- Western Palearctic water frogs
- Phyllotini (leaf-eared mice and their relatives)