Australia

Checklist of Endemic Animal and Plant Families

This list of animal and plant families found exclusively in Australia is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020) for mammals, del Hoyo & Collar (2014 & 2016) for birds, the Reptile Database (2018) for reptiles, AmphibiaWeb (2018) for amphibians, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023) for fishes, and POWO (2024) for vascular plants. Invertebrates are based on Zhang (2013), Zhang (2011), and Roskov et al. (2014) depending on the group. Families described after these sources are indicated by the year of description. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

* = endemic order (includes Dasypogonales, Notoryctemorphia, Lepidogalaxiiformes, Trigoniida, and presumably the undescribed order containing the Dendrogrammatidae)

EX = Extinct

Aphanopetalaceae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Austrobaileyaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Blandfordiaceae 1 gen. 4 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Boryaceae 2 gen. 13 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Cephalotaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Dasypogonaceae 4 gen. 20 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Doryanthaceae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Ecdeiocoleaceae 2 gen. 3 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Emblingiaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Gyrostemonaceae 6 gen. 21 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Macarthuriaceae 1 gen. 9 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Maundiaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Petermanniaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Tetracarpaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Spinulacorpidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Acanthocephala Echinorhynchida ) 2020

Pyriprobosicidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Acanthocephala Polymorphida ) 2020

Anamidae 10 gen. 109 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Aranae) 2020

Heatherellidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Mesostigmata)

Nothogynidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Mesostigmata)

Promegistidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Mesostigmata)

Ptochacaridae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Mesostigmata)

Saltiseiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Mesostigmata)

Teranyssidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Mesostigmata)

Lomanellidae 2 gen. 20 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones) 2021

Platyameridae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Sarcoptiformes)

Urodacidae 2 gen. 21 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Scorpiones)

Astacocrotonidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Trombidiformes)

Eriorhynchidae 1 gen. 5 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Trombidiformes)

Gretacaridae 1 gen. 15 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Trombidiformes)

Pezidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Trombidiformes)

Yuribillidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Trombidiformes)

Gondwanotrichidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Branchiopoda)

Parartemiidae 1 gen. 18 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Branchiopoda)

Aetiopedesidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Anaspidesidae 3 gen. 5 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca) 2017

Australocytheridae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Australomicroprotopidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca) 2016

Chillagoeidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Condukiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Giniphargidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Heloeciidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Koonungidae 2 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Leptograpsodidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca) 2018

Lomisidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Neoniphargidae 7 gen. 22 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Osticytheridae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Perthiidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Phoratopodidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Phreatoicopsidae 2 gen. 4 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Ponderellidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Psammaspididae 2 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Pseudocarcinidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca) 2020

Sanchoidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Sicafodiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Tainisopidae 2 gen. 7 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Uronyctidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Whiteleggiidae 2 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Xenosellidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Abrsidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Maxillopoda)

Kumongidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Remipedia) 2013

Peterjohnsiidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Diplopoda Chordeumatida)

Mastotermitidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Blattodea)

Acanthocnemidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera)

Lamingtoniidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera)

Myraboliidae 1 gen. 13 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera)

Rhinorhipidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera)

Tasmosalpingidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera)

Ironomyiidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Diptera)

Ulurumyiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Diptera) 2014

Valeseguyidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Diptera)

Australembiidae 1 gen. 18 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Embioptera)

Aphylidae 2 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera)

Henicocoridae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera)

Hyocephalidae 2 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera)

Lestoniidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera)

Tettigarctidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera)

Austrocynipidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera)

Austroniidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera)

Peradeniidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera)

Stenotritidae 2 gen. 21 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera)

Trachypetidae 3 gen. 7 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera) 2020

Aenigmatineidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera) 2015

Anomosetidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)

Carthaeidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)

Cyclotornidae 1 gen. 5 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)

Lophocoronidae 1 gen. 6 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)

Oenosandridae 4 gen. 8 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)

Apteropanorpidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Mecoptera)

Choristidae 3 gen. 8 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Mecoptera)

Hemiphlebiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Odonata)

Cooloolidae 1 gen. 4 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera)

Lycopsyllidae 4 gen. 8 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Siphonaptera)

Macropsyllidae 2 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Siphonaptera)

Antipodoeciidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Trichoptera)

Plectrotarsidae 3 gen. 5 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Trichoptera)

Antichtopauropodidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Pauropoda Tetramerocerata)

Lunulariidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Bryozoa Gymnolaemata )

Neoeuthyroididae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Bryozoa Gymnolaemata ) 2020

Atrichornithidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Chordata Birds )

Corcoracidae 2 gen. 2 spp. (Chordata Birds )

Dasyornithidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Chordata Birds )

Falcunculidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Chordata Birds )

Menuridae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Chordata Birds )

Pardalotidae 1 gen. 4 spp. (Chordata Birds )

Pedionomidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Birds )

Carphodactylidae 7 gen. 30 spp. (Chordata Reptiles )

Dinolestidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Acropomatiformes)

Enoplosidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Centrarchiformes)

Percalatidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Centrarchiformes)

Lepidogalaxiidae * 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Lepidogalaxiformes)

Brachionichthyidae 5 gen. 16 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Lophiiformes)

Rhycheridae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Lophiiformes)

Caesioscorpididae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Perciformes)

Pseudaphritidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Perciformes)

Neoceratodontidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Dipneusti Ceratodontiformes)

Brachaeluridae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Chordata Elasmobranchii Orectolobiformes)

Hypnidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Elasmobranchii Torpediniformes)

Chaeropodidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (2 EX) (Chordata Mammals )

Hypsiprymnodontidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Mammals )

Myrmecobiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Mammals )

Notoryctidae * 1 gen. 2 spp. (Chordata Mammals Notoryctemorphia )

Ornithorhynchidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Mammals )

Phascolarctidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Mammals )

Potoroidae 4 gen. 12 (4 EX) spp. (Chordata Mammals )

Tarsipedidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Mammals )

Thylacinidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (EX) (Chordata Mammals )

Thylacomyidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (1 EX) (Chordata Mammals )

Vombatidae 2 gen. 3 spp. (Chordata Mammals )

Carphodactylidae 7 gen. 29 spp. (Chordata Reptiles )

Pseudogorgiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Cnidaria Anthozoa )

Skamnariidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Cnidaria Anthozoa ) 2022

Csiromedusidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Cnidaria Hydrozoa )

Bazingidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Cnidaria Scyphozoa ) 2013

Pukiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Ctenophora )

Aporometridae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Echinodermata Crinoidea )

Ptilometridae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Echinodermata Crinoidea )

Trigoniidae * 1 gen. 8 spp. (Mollusca Bivalvia Trigoniida )

Choriplacidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Chitonida )

Ascorhiidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda ) 2023

Beddomeiidae 3 gen. 58 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda ) 2023

Calopiidae 1 gen. 4 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Campanilidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Caryodidae 7 gen. 13 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Cystopeltidae 1 gen. 4 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Diastomidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Emblandidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Epigridae 1 gen. 5 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Hydrococcidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Maningrididae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Phallomedusidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Notomeniidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Solenogastres )

Acholadidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Platyhelminthes Rhabditophora )

Actinodactylellidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Platyhelminthes Rhabditophora )

Gibsonivermidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Platyhelminthes Trematoda ) 2018

Moreauiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Platyhelminthes Trematoda )

Vitrumidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Tunicata Ascidiacea )