MitoAge

Taxonomy

The tree of 2,335 species

9 phyla, 23 classes and 176 orders, from fruit flies to bowhead whales. Zoom into any branch to read every species. The outer ring shows each species’ lifespan, GC content or genome size, so you can see where long lives cluster.

Outer ring: Maximum lifespan, log scale

Each ring is one rank. Scroll or use + and − to zoom, drag to move; select a group to zoom into it, a species to open it.

Every phylum, class and order

Browse the taxonomy

Open a class to see its orders. Every name links to a page with its species, lifespans and the mtDNA features that track lifespan.

Chordataphylum · 2,231 species · 10 classes

Ray-finned fishesActinopterygii895
Actinopterygii: class page
MammalsMammalia627
Mammalia: class page
BirdsAves423
Aves: class page
ReptilesReptilia136
Reptilia: class page
Sharks and raysChondrichthyes87
Chondrichthyes: class page
AmphibiansAmphibia47
Amphibia: class page
LampreysCephalaspidomorphi10
Cephalaspidomorphi: class page
Lobe-finned fishesSarcopterygii4
Sarcopterygii: class page
Ascidiacea1
Ascidiacea: class page
Leptocardii1
Leptocardii: class page

Molluscaphylum · 55 species · 3 classes

BivalvesBivalvia35
Bivalvia: class page
Cephalopoda11
Cephalopoda: class page
Gastropoda9
Gastropoda: class page

Arthropodaphylum · 35 species · 3 classes

CrustaceansMalacostraca30
Malacostraca: class page
InsectsInsecta4
Insecta: class page
Merostomata1
Merostomata: class page

Echinodermataphylum · 5 species · 2 classes

Sea urchinsEchinoidea4
Echinoidea: class page
Asteroidea1
Asteroidea: class page

Annelidaphylum · 4 species · 1 class

Polychaeta4
Polychaeta: class page

Nematodaphylum · 2 species · 1 class

RoundwormsChromadorea2
Chromadorea: class page

Cnidariaphylum · 1 species · 1 class

Scyphozoa1
Scyphozoa: class page

Platyhelminthesphylum · 1 species · 1 class

Rhabditophora1
Rhabditophora: class page

Poriferaphylum · 1 species · 1 class

Demospongiae1
Demospongiae: class page

Classification from AnAge. Divergence times come from TimeTree dates on the Open Tree of Life topology; the root is 750 million years old.