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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Release 57.15 of 02-Mar-10: 515203 entries (Release statistics)

Total number of manually annotated animal toxin entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: 2,996 (0.58 %).

To find all animal toxins using the UniProt web site, use the query keyword:toxin taxonomy:metazoa.


Toxin entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot by organism and family

Group of speciesTaxonomyNumber of toxins
in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot		Number of species
by group
SnakesSerpentes1202 163
Cone snailsGastropoda617 79
ScorpionsScorpiones505 58
SpidersAraneae421 66
Sea anemonesActiniaria106 30
InsectsHexapoda42 27
FishesTeleostei26 8
ScolopendraScolopendridae23 2
MammalsMammalia7 2
JellyfishesCubozoa5 4
LizardsHeloderma5 2
HydraHydroida4 2
ToadAmphibia4 2
MitesAcari3 2
StarfishesAsteroidea3 1
WormsCerebratulus3 1
MedusaeRhopilema1 1
other metazoansmiscellaneous19 -
All animalsMetazoa2996 450