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Arthropoda

Arthropoda is a phylum in the kingdom Animalia. This database currently files 9 species under it, 1 of them threatened, recorded across 229 countries.

Species filed
9
Threatened
1
Countries recorded
229
With a free photo
100%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Arthropoda?

3 classes filed directly under this phylum.

  1. Insecta

    honey bee, monarch butterfly, seven-spot ladybird, emperor dragonfly …

    5 species

  2. Arachnida

    black widow spider, emperor scorpion

    2 species

  3. Malacostraca

    american lobster, coconut crab

    2 species

Best-known members of Arthropoda

Ranked by popularity score.

DD, Data Deficient
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Apidae

How threatened is Arthropoda?

5 of 9 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
VUVulnerable120%
LCLeast Concern360%
DDData Deficient120%

Where is Arthropoda recorded?

Species on file in this phylum with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Fiji: 3 speciesTanzania: 4 speciesCanada: 5 speciesUnited States of America: 8 speciesKazakhstan: 3 speciesUzbekistan: 3 speciesPapua New Guinea: 3 speciesIndonesia: 5 speciesArgentina: 3 speciesChile: 4 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 4 speciesSomalia: 2 speciesKenya: 3 speciesSudan: 2 speciesChad: 1 speciesHaiti: 3 speciesDominican Rep.: 3 speciesRussia: 4 speciesBahamas: 3 speciesNorway: 4 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 1 speciesSouth Africa: 4 speciesLesotho: 1 speciesMexico: 4 speciesUruguay: 1 speciesBrazil: 3 speciesBolivia: 2 speciesPeru: 3 speciesColombia: 3 speciesPanama: 2 speciesCosta Rica: 3 speciesNicaragua: 2 speciesHonduras: 2 speciesEl Salvador: 3 speciesGuatemala: 2 speciesBelize: 2 speciesVenezuela: 3 speciesGuyana: 2 speciesSuriname: 2 speciesFrance: 6 speciesEcuador: 3 speciesPuerto Rico: 2 speciesJamaica: 2 speciesCuba: 3 speciesZimbabwe: 2 speciesBotswana: 2 speciesNamibia: 6 speciesSenegal: 3 speciesMali: 1 speciesBenin: 3 speciesNiger: 1 speciesNigeria: 3 speciesCameroon: 3 speciesTogo: 2 speciesGhana: 2 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 5 speciesGuinea: 2 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 1 speciesLiberia: 3 speciesSierra Leone: 2 speciesBurkina Faso: 1 speciesCentral African Rep.: 2 speciesCongo: 1 speciesGabon: 1 speciesEq. Guinea: 4 speciesZambia: 2 speciesMalawi: 2 speciesMozambique: 2 specieseSwatini: 1 speciesAngola: 2 speciesBurundi: 1 speciesIsrael: 4 speciesLebanon: 4 speciesMadagascar: 3 speciesPalestine: 3 speciesGambia: 1 speciesTunisia: 2 speciesAlgeria: 3 speciesJordan: 3 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 2 speciesQatar: 1 speciesKuwait: 1 speciesIraq: 3 speciesOman: 3 speciesVanuatu: 3 speciesCambodia: 2 speciesThailand: 4 speciesLaos: 1 speciesMyanmar: 1 speciesVietnam: 2 speciesSouth Korea: 3 speciesMongolia: 2 speciesIndia: 6 speciesBangladesh: 2 speciesBhutan: 2 speciesNepal: 3 speciesPakistan: 3 speciesAfghanistan: 3 speciesTajikistan: 3 speciesKyrgyzstan: 3 speciesTurkmenistan: 3 speciesIran: 4 speciesSyria: 4 speciesArmenia: 3 speciesSweden: 7 speciesBelarus: 4 speciesUkraine: 4 speciesPoland: 4 speciesAustria: 4 speciesHungary: 4 speciesMoldova: 4 speciesRomania: 4 speciesLithuania: 3 speciesLatvia: 3 speciesEstonia: 4 speciesGermany: 7 speciesBulgaria: 4 speciesGreece: 6 speciesTurkey: 5 speciesAlbania: 4 speciesCroatia: 6 speciesSwitzerland: 4 speciesLuxembourg: 4 speciesBelgium: 4 speciesNetherlands: 6 speciesPortugal: 5 speciesSpain: 7 speciesIreland: 5 speciesNew Caledonia: 3 speciesSolomon Is.: 2 speciesNew Zealand: 4 speciesAustralia: 5 speciesSri Lanka: 1 speciesChina: 3 speciesTaiwan: 5 speciesItaly: 5 speciesDenmark: 6 speciesUnited Kingdom: 6 speciesIceland: 1 speciesAzerbaijan: 3 speciesGeorgia: 4 speciesPhilippines: 4 speciesMalaysia: 3 speciesSlovenia: 4 speciesFinland: 3 speciesSlovakia: 4 speciesCzechia: 4 speciesEritrea: 1 speciesJapan: 6 speciesParaguay: 2 speciesYemen: 2 speciesSaudi Arabia: 3 speciesCyprus: 3 speciesMorocco: 4 speciesEgypt: 3 speciesEthiopia: 2 speciesUganda: 2 speciesRwanda: 2 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 3 speciesMacedonia: 4 speciesSerbia: 4 speciesMontenegro: 4 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 2 species
  • None on record
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. United States8
  2. Germany7
  3. Sweden7
  4. Spain7
  5. United Kingdom6
  6. France6
  7. Denmark6
  8. Netherlands6
  9. Japan6
  10. Greece6
  11. Namibia6
  12. Croatia6
  13. India6
  14. Australia5
  15. Canada5
  16. Ireland5
  17. Italy5
  18. Portugal5
  19. Türkiye5
  20. Taiwan5

All species in Arthropoda

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Honey beeApis melliferaApidaeData DeficientNot recorded213
Monarch butterflyDanaus plexippusNymphalidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded97
Seven-spot ladybirdCoccinella septempunctataCoccinellidaeNot recordedNot recorded95
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperatorAeshnidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded100
Stag beetleLucanus cervusLucanidaeNot recordedNot recorded48
American lobsterHomarus americanusNephropidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded14
Coconut crabBirgus latroCoenobitidaeVulnerableNot recorded38
Black widow spiderLatrodectus mactansTheridiidaeNot recordedNot recorded32
Emperor scorpionPandinus imperatorScorpionidaeNot recordedNot recorded20