Spain

Checklist of Endemic Animal and Plant Families

This list of animal and plant families found exclusively in Spain 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 Mabberley (2017) 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.

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

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

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

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

Beticosomatidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Diplopoda Chordeumatida) 2014

Guipuzcosomatidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Diplopoda Chordeumatida) 2022

Iberobaeniidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera) 2016

Acoraniidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Bryozoa Gymnolaemata )

Barcinididae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Cnidaria Hydrozoa )

Papillodermatidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Quijotidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )