CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

Interactions where CHORDATA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is parasitised by larva Minor Calliphora true bluebottles Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Calliphora/Calliphoratrue bluebottleslarva Animal / parasite /Animalia/Chordata/ChordatavertebratesMinor larva parasitises
dead is eaten by larva Major Cynomya mortuorum Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Cynomya mortuorum/Cynomya mortuorumdead dog fly, yellow-faced blowflylarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/ChordatavertebratesMajor larva feeds on dead
carrion dead is eaten by larva Phormia regina Black Blowfly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Phormia regina/Phormia reginablack blowflylarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratescarrion larva feeds on dead carrion
is ectoparasitised by larva Minor Protophormia terraenovae Blackbottle Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Protophormia terraenovae/Protophormia terraenovaeblackbottlelarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/ChordatavertebratesMinor larva ectoparasitises
dead is eaten by larva Ravinia pernix a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Ravinia pernix/Ravinia pernixa flesh flylarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebrates larva feeds on dead
dead is eaten by larva Minor Sarcophaga carnaria a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophaga carnaria/Sarcophaga carnariaa flesh flylarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/ChordatavertebratesMinor larva feeds on dead
dead is eaten by larva Sarcophaga jacobsoni a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophaga jacobsoni/Sarcophaga jacobsonia flesh flylarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebrates larva feeds on dead
dead is eaten by UK/IrelandQuestionable Podops inuncta European Turtlebug, Turtle Bug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Podops inuncta/Podops inunctaeuropean turtlebug, turtle bug Animal / carrion / dead animal feederUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebrates? feeds on dead
(dried) dried carcass dead is eaten by Trox sabulosus a hide beetle Coleoptera: Trogidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Trogidae/Trox sabulosus/Trox sabulosusa hide beetle Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesdriedcarcass feeds on dead dried carcass
(living) living is ectoparasitised by larva Phormia regina Black Blowfly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Phormia regina/Phormia reginablack blowflylarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesliving larva ectoparasitises living
bone bone dead is eaten by gymnothecium Arthroderma curreyi an ascomycete Onygenales: Arthrodermataceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Arthrodermataceae/Arthroderma curreyi/Arthroderma curreyian ascomycetegymnothecium Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesbone gymnothecium feeds on dead bone
corpse corpse accommodates imago Oxyomus sylvestris a scarab beetle Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Oxyomus sylvestris/Oxyomus sylvestrisa scarab beetleimago Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratescorpse imago rests inside corpse
debris debris of carcass dead is eaten by Trox scaber a hide beetle Coleoptera: Trogidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Trogidae/Trox scaber/Trox scabera hide beetle Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesdebriscarcass feeds on dead debris of carcass
detritus, esp bone (dry) dry detritus, esp bone of corpse dead is eaten by larva Trox perlatus a hide beetle Coleoptera: Trogidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Trogidae/Trox perlatus/Trox perlatusa hide beetlelarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesdrydetritus, esp bonecorpse larva feeds on dead dry detritus, esp bone of corpse
flesh (decomposing) decomposing flesh dead is eaten by larva Lucilia sericata Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Lucilia sericata/Lucilia sericatasheep-strike greenbottle, sheep-maggot flylarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesdecomposingflesh larva feeds on dead decomposing flesh
gut gut is endoparasitised by larva Minor Ravinia pernix a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Ravinia pernix/Ravinia pernixa flesh flylarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/ChordatavertebratesgutMinor larva endoparasitises gut
gut gut is endoparasitised by larva Sarcophaga carnaria a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophaga carnaria/Sarcophaga carnariaa flesh flylarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesgut larva endoparasitises gut
matter (dead) dead matter dead is eaten by larva Calliphora true bluebottles Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Calliphora/Calliphoratrue bluebottleslarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesdeadmatter larva feeds on dead dead matter
matter (decaying) decaying matter dead is eaten by larva Calliphora true bluebottles Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Calliphora/Calliphoratrue bluebottleslarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesdecayingmatter larva feeds on dead decaying matter
matter (decaying) decaying matter animal debris may support larva Protophormia terraenovae Blackbottle Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Protophormia terraenovae/Protophormia terraenovaeblackbottlelarva Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesdecayingmatter larva feeds on animal debris decaying matter
matter (rotting) rotting matter animal debris may support larva Lucilia sericata Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Lucilia sericata/Lucilia sericatasheep-strike greenbottle, sheep-maggot flylarva Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesrottingmatter larva feeds on animal debris rotting matter
wound wound is ectoparasitised by larva Lucilia sericata Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Lucilia sericata/Lucilia sericatasheep-strike greenbottle, sheep-maggot flylarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebrateswound larva ectoparasitises wound

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Jessop, L., 1986Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, New edition, 53pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

CHORDATA (vertebrates) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
TETRAPODA
a superclass of unassigneds
Superclass 226 subtaxa 2,117 trophisms 369 references
TUNICATA
ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates
Subphylum 11 subtaxa 15 trophisms 31 references
VERTEBRATA
vertebrates
Subphylum 47 subtaxa 200 trophisms 113 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHORDATA (vertebrates)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Lever, C. 1977 The Naturalized Animals of the British Isles 600pp, Hutchinson of London

Marine Planktonic Forms And Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

CHORDATA (vertebrates) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. The ARKive Project www.arkive.org/

Journals

Journal of the Zoological Society of London

Pathology

Schmidt, R.J. Botanical Dermatology Database (BoDD) www.botanical-dermatology-database.info

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CHORDATA (vertebrates):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 2,707 images of CHORDATA (vertebrates)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)