User:Plantdrew/Animal automatic taxobox progress

Numbers are from a Petscan search for articles in a certain category (search depth=6) with Taxobox; category name noted if it isn't the scientific name. Example search for echinoderms.

notes categories with a small number (typically <15) of remaining manual taxoboxes, and where I've examined every taxobox article and decided not to convert it to an automatic taxobox at present. I leave manual taxoboxes in place when I notice some issue with the taxonomy (most frequently, the issue involves synonymy).

notes categories where I haven't made a concerted effort to convert manual taxoboxes to automatic. Most articles in categories should be converted to automatic taxoboxes, although a few may have other issues that should be addressed. In some cases Wikipedia's higher taxonomy is inconsistent and should be overhauled and standardized to a recent source as part of the process of converting manual taxoboxes (nematodes and crustaceans are cases where the higher taxonomy is a bit of a mess)

I update these numbers from time to time. I'm not currently rechecking categories marked ✅, although it is possible that new articles with a manual taxobox could be created in otherwise completed categories.

Last full update: 14 June 2024 (notes on breakdowns of individual articles (i.e., number of fossil taxa) not necessarily current)

Animal phyla

 * ✅ Acanthocephala (Category:Acanthocephalans)
 * ✅ Agmata
 * Annelida (Category:Annelids) 50 remaining
 * Brachiopoda (Category:Brachiopods) 82 remaining
 * Bryozoa (Category:Bryozoans) 38 remaining
 * Chaetognatha 2 remaining (all incertae sedis, possible chaetognaths)
 * Chordata
 * ✅ Cephalochordata
 * Tunicata (Category:Tunicates) 2 remaining (per WoRMS: Chorizocormus a synonym with species assigned to Polyzoa and Chorizocarpa, Diandrocarpa accepted with no accepted species)
 * Vertebrata
 * Cnidaria (Category:Cnidarians, exclude Coral reefs and Coral diseases) 22 remaining
 * ✅ Ctenophora (Category:Ctenophores)
 * ✅ Cycliophora
 * ✅ Dicyemida
 * Echinodermata (Category:Echinoderms) 179 remaining
 * ✅ Entoprocta
 * ✅ Gastrotricha
 * ✅ Gnathostomulida
 * Hemichordata (Category:Hemichordates) 77 remaining
 * ✅ Hyolitha
 * ✅ Kinorhyncha
 * ✅ Loricifera
 * Mollusca
 * ✅ Aplacophora (Category:Aplacophorans)
 * Bivalvia see project (28 in Category:Bivalves)
 * Cephalopoda see project (560 in category (checked A-L (and M-Z? I forget))
 * Gastropoda see project (4577 in category)
 * ✅ Monoplacophora
 * Polyplacophora (Category:Chitons) 21 remaining
 * ✅ Rostroconchia
 * ✅ Scaphopoda (Category:Scaphopods)
 * ✅ Monoblastozoa
 * Nematoda (Category:Nematodes) 57 remaining
 * Nematomorpha 1 remaining (fossil, possible nematomorph)
 * ✅ Nemertea (Category:Nemerteans)
 * ✅ Onychophora (Category:Onychophorans)
 * ✅ Orthonectida
 * ✅ Phoronida (Category:Phoronids)
 * ✅ Placozoa
 * Platyhelminthes 101 remaining
 * Porifera (Category:Sponges) 4 remaining (all fossil)
 * Priapulida 1 remaining (Paraselkirkia, fossil, but other taxa listed at Archaeopriapulida aren't necessarily following the classification there)
 * Proarticulata 7 remaining (all fossil; 8 genera/species at least incertae sedis to order if not other ranks. Cephalozoa is a class, but hardly any taxonbar links)
 * Rotifera (Category:Rotifers) 2 remaining (Callidina elegans and Callidina; genus is tax. inq. on WoRMS, species has hardly any taxonbar links)
 * Sipuncula (Category:Sipunculans) 2 remaining
 * Tardigrada (Category:Tardigrades) 3 remaining
 * ✅ Trilobozoa
 * ✅ Xenacoelomorpha

Arthropods

 * Artiopoda 744 remaining
 * Chelicerata (Category:Chelicerates) 898 remaining
 * Crustacea (Category:Crustaceans) 742 remaining
 * Hexapoda
 * Collembola 8 remaining
 * Diplura 55 remaining
 * Insecta see project
 * Protura 20 remaining
 * Myriapoda (Category:Myriapods) 214 remaining

Insects

 * ✅ Archaeognatha
 * Blattodea 8 remaining
 * Coleoptera see project (19,168 in category Category:Beetles (depth 8))
 * Dermaptera (Category:Earwigs) 3 remaining (2 synonyms (Euborellia ambigua Euborellia pallipes), 1 fossil Forficula paleocaenica)
 * Diptera see project (1563 in category Category:Flies (depth 8))
 * ✅ Embioptera
 * Ephemeroptera (Category:Mayflies) 4 remaining (all fossil, 2 stem group)
 * Hemiptera 596 remaining
 * Hymenoptera 425 remaining
 * Lepidoptera see project (15,377 in category (depth 8))
 * ✅ Mantodea
 * ✅ Mecoptera
 * ✅ Megaloptera
 * Neuroptera 4 remaining (3 fossils and a dubious extant tribe)
 * Notoptera 2 remaining (fossils in Grylloblattodea that make it not monotypic)
 * Odonata 76 remaining
 * Orthoptera 13 remaining
 * Phasmatodea 1 remaining (1 obsolete suborder, Pink-winged phasma species with non-monotypic genus redirecting there)
 * ✅ Phthiraptera (Category:Lice)
 * ✅ Plecoptera
 * Psocodea 3 remaining
 * Psocoptera 3 remaining (category shouldn't exist; all Psocodea now)
 * ✅ Raphidioptera
 * Siphonaptera (Category:Fleas) 5 remaining
 * ✅ Strepsiptera
 * Thysanoptera (Category:Thrips) 288 remaining
 * Trichoptera 5 remaining
 * ✅ Zoraptera
 * ✅ Zygentoma

Extant fish orders
Agnatha;
 * ✅ Category:Myxinidae
 * Category:Lampreys 3 remaining (all fossil)

Chimaeras;
 * Category:Chimaeriformes 5 remaining (all fossil)

Sharks;
 * see WikiProject

Rays;
 * Category:Myliobatiformes 9 remaining (7 fossils not linked from higher taxa, 1 possible synonym, and 1 species in no longer monotypic genus)
 * Category:Rajiformes 13 remaining (all fossils either not linked from higher taxa, or incertae sedis, 1 synonym)
 * Category:Rhinopristiformes 3 remaining (all fossil, not linked from higher taxa)
 * ✅ Category:Torpediniformes

Actinopterygii;
 * Category:Acanthuriformes 1 remaining (fossil with inconsistent family placement) (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * ✅ Category:Acipenseriformes
 * ✅ Category:Albuliformes
 * ✅ Category:Alepocephaliformes
 * Category:Amiiformes 4 remaining (all fossil; Sinamiidae and two genera, rank as family or subfamily not clear; Tomognathus incertae sedis)
 * Anguilliformes (Category:Eels) 23 remaining (11 fossil genera not linked from any higher taxon, 10 in Coloconger (family placement different in FotW5 than Wikipedia)
 * Category:Argentiniformes 1 remaining (Parawenzichthys, fossil with unclear family placement)
 * ✅ Category:Ateleopodiformes
 * ✅ Category:Atheriniformes (Ovalentaria ✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Aulopiformes 33 remaining
 * Category:Beloniformes 1 remaining (fossil, not mentioned at parent given by GBIF/Fossilworks) (Ovalentaria ✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Beryciformes 27 remaining (33 fossil, mostly linked from timeline in Beryciformes, but not necessarily included in current circumscription, 1 monotypic genus at binomial)
 * ✅ Category:Carangiformes (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * ✅ Category:Cetomimiformes
 * Category:Characiformes 5 remaining (subfamily issues; 2 are subfamilies and 4 comprise(d) Heterocharacinae)
 * Category:Cichliformes 1 remaining (Interochromis loocki, monotypic genus at species title) (Ovalentaria ✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Clupeiformes 14 remaining (Araucanian herring only non-fossil. Mostly fossil not linked from any higher taxa)
 * Category:Cypriniformes 15 remaining (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Cyprinodontiformes 1 remaining (Gambusia aestiputeus, synonym of Gambusia nicaraguensis) (Ovalentaria ✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Elopiformes 18 remaining (all fossil, with no placement below order (or no agreement) on IRMNG/Fossilworks)
 * ✅ Category:Esociformes
 * Category:Gadiformes 3 remaining (all fossil genera not linked from any higher taxon) (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Galaxiiformes (Category:Galaxiidae) 2 remaining (Galaxias effusus fossil not linked from higher taxon, Mountain galaxias (species complex), Aplochitonidae should be a subfamily)
 * Category:Gasterosteiformes 14 remaining (all fossil and all but one only linked from list of fossil bony fish)
 * ✅ Category:Gobiesociformes (Ovalentaria ✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Gobiiformes 6 remaining (6 not linked from higher taxon, 1 linked from 2 higher taxa) (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * ✅ Category:Gonorynchiformes
 * Category:Gymnotiformes 8 remaining (6 monotypic genera at binomial, 2 other living genera w/family article genus list needing update)
 * ✅ Category:Hiodontiformes
 * Category:Holocentriformes (Category:Holocentridae) 1 remaining (Pristilepis oligolepis, monotypic genus)
 * ✅ Category:Icosteiformes (Category:Icosteidae)
 * Category:Istiophoriformes (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * ✅ Category:Kurtiformes (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Lampriformes 7 remaining (4 fossils w/out family, 4 extant monotypic genera at species title)
 * ✅ Category:Lepidogalaxiiformes (in Category:Euteleostei)
 * ✅ Category:Lepisosteiformes
 * ✅ Category:Mugiliformes (Ovalentaria ✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Myctophiformes 6 remaining (all fossils not linked from higher taxa)
 * ✅ Category:Notacanthiformes
 * Category:Ophidiiformes 4 remaining (all fossils not linked from higher taxa) (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Osmeriformes 4 remaining (all fossils not linked from higher taxa)
 * Category:Osteoglossiformes 3 remaining (all fossils, two with no links to higher taxa, 1 with questionable higher taxon)
 * Category:Ovalentaria 6 remaining (but not an order, most of the remaining caught in order searches) (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Perciformes 89 remaining (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * ✅ Category:Percopsiformes
 * Category:Pleuronectiformes 9 remaining (3 fossils not linked from higher taxa, 6 subfamilies and tribes apparently treated as synonyms) (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Polymixiiformes 4 remaining (all fossils, not placed to family in IRMNG or Fossilworks)
 * Category:Polypteriformes 1 remaining (Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri; synonym)
 * Category:Salmoniformes 15 remaining (a mess with formas, populations, FB accepted species that are noted there to be synonyms on CoF, fossils, etc.)
 * Category:Scombriformes 12 remaining (13 fossils (some linked from higher taxa), tirante only extant one) (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Scorpaeniformes 5 remaining (4 fossils not linked from higher taxa, Sorsogona accepted in Fishbase w/out type species) (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Siluriformes 10 remaining (4 fossils, 6 monotypic genera at binomial)
 * ✅ Category:Stephanoberyciformes (but order not recognized in latest edition of Nelson, category and placement of families need sorting)
 * Category:Stiassnyiformes (not recognized in latest edition of Nelson)
 * Category:Stomiiformes 3 remaining (1 synonym, 2 fossils (one with no links from higher taxa); suborders not recognized in latest edition of Nelson)
 * ✅ Category:Stylephoriformes (Category:Stylephoridae)
 * ✅ Category:Synbranchiformes (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * ✅ Category:Syngnathiformes (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Category:Tetraodontiformes 26 remaining (all fossil, most unlinked from higher taxa)
 * Category:Trachichthyiformes 2 remaining (1 fossil, 1 monotypic genus at binomial)
 * Category:Zeiformes 3 remaining (all fossil, one with no link from higher taxa, 3 with multiple links)


 * Anabantiformes (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)
 * Batrachoidiformes (✅ checked by Quetzal1964)

Palaeontology
Palaeontology 3234 (14 June 2024)


 * Palaeontology+Arthropods 892
 * Palaeontology+Cephalopods 557
 * Palaeontology+Animals 547
 * Palaeontology+Fishes 502
 * Palaeontology+Amphibians and Reptiles 159
 * Palaeontology+Microbiology 123
 * Palaeontology+Mammals 113
 * Palaeontology+Gastropods 110
 * Palaeontology+Insects 76
 * Palaeontology+Plants 49
 * Palaeontology+Algae 30
 * Palaeontology+Birds 18
 * Palaeontology+Bivalves 14
 * Palaeontology+Fungi 11
 * Palaeontology+Dinosaurs 0

Sum of above 3201

Marine life
Marine life 543 (14 June 2024)


 * Marine life+Animals 362
 * Marine life+Microbiology 142
 * Marine life+Algae 19
 * Marine life+Gastropods 11
 * Marine life+Arthropods 7
 * Marine life+Fishes 5
 * Marine life+Bivalves 2
 * Marine life+Cephalopods 1
 * Marine life+Mammals 0

Sum of above 549


 * Marine life+Palaeontology 249