- Rachycentron Kaup 1826
- Raillietina Fuhrman 1920
- Rana Linnaeus 1758
- Ranatra Fabricius 1790
- Ranodon Kessler 1866
- Ranunculus Linné
- Raphanus Linné
- Raphus Brisson 1760
- Rastrelliger Jordan & Starks 1908
- Rathkea Brandt 1837
- Rattus Fischer de Waldheim 1803
- Rauschiella Babero 1951
- Redigobius Herre 1927
- Regalecus Ascanius 1772
- Regimbartia Zaitzev 1908
- Reishia Kuroda & Habe 1971
- Remora T.N. Gill 1862
- Repomucenus Whitley 1931
- Reticunassa Iredale 1936
- Reynoutria Houttuyn 1777
- Rhabdamia M.C.W. Weber 1909
- Rhabdias Stiles & Hassall 1905
- Rhabditis Dujardin 1844
- Rhabdoblennius Whitley 1930
- Rhabdochona Railliet 1916
- Rhabdophis
- Rhabdosargus Fowler 1933
- Rhacophorus Kuhl & Hasselt 1822
- Rhagadotarsus Breddin 1905
- Rhantus Dejean 1833
- Rhaphiolepis Lindley 1820
- Rheocyclops Reid et al. 1999
- Rhina Bloch & Schneider 1801
- Rhincodon A. Smith 1829
- Rhinobatos H.F. Linck 1790
- Rhinogobius Gill 1859
- Rhinolophus Lacépède 1799
- Rhipidaster Sladen 1889
- Rhizophora Linné
- Rhizopsammia Verrill 1869
- Rhizotrochus Milne-Edwards & Haime 1848
- Rhodeus Agassiz 1832
- Rhododendron Linné
- Rhombomys Wagner 1841
- Rhopilema Haeckel 1880
- Rhoptromyrmex Mayr 1901
- Rhus Linné
- Rhyacotriton
- Rhynchocypris Günther 1889
- Rhynchonella Fischer 1809
- Rhynchopelates Fowler 1931
- Rhynchophorus Herbst 1795
- Rhyothemis Hagen 1867
- Rhyparobia Krauss 1892
- Rhyssoplax Thiele 1893
- Rhytirhynchia Cooper 1957
- Riccia Linné 1753
- Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916
- Rictularia Frölich 1802
- Roa Jordan 1923
- Robinia
- Robinsia J.E. Böhlke & D.G. Smith 1967
- Rodentolepis Spasskii 1954
- Rogadius D.S. Jordan & R.E. Richardson 1908
- Rosa Linné
- Rosalia Audinet-Serville 1833
- Rotaria Scopoli 1777
- Rubus
- Rudarius D.S. Jordan & Fowler 1902
- Ruditapes Chiamenti 1900
- Rugulopteryx De Clerck & Coppejans 2006
- Rupa Jedlicka 1935
- Ryukyua Williams & Bunkley-Williams 1994
- Ryukyupercis Imamura & Yoshino 2007