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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Release 57.3 of 26-May-2009: 470369 entries (Release statistics)

Total number of manually annotated animal toxin entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: 2,656 (0.64 %).

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
SnakesSerpentes1161 162
ShellsGastropoda528 73
ScorpionsScorpiones498 57
SpidersAraneae339 64
Sea anemonesActiniaria105 29
InsectsHexapoda35 23
FishesTeleostei26 8
ScolopendraScolopendridae23 2
MammalsMammalia7 2
JellyfishesCubomedusae5 4
LizardsHeloderma5 2
HydraHydroida4 2
ToadAmphibia4 2
MitesAcari3 2
StarfishesAsteroidea3 1
WormsCerebratulus3 1
MedusaeRhopilema1 1
other metazoansmiscellaneous8 -
All animalsMetazoa2758 435

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