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Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS318 records
DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens
02Traits & measurements
SourcesSeaLifeBase
Habitat & environment2
Habitat saltwateryes
Habitat zonebenthic
Other traits2
Depth max329 m
Depth min10 m
05DNA & barcoding4 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Acanthilia intermedia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus4 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 14 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)1.1%
Haplotypes3
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.8%
N.AmericaOther
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type318 records
Wild obs. + sensor33
Museum / vouchered281
Cultivated / captive4
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO676 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit162
200–1000 m twilight1
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 31.5 m · max 232 m · 163 records with depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 1>10 km 6
9 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor33
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 1≤10 km 1>10 km 1
5 georeferenced · 276 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence281
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without
Open the mapnot free-living4
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions2 of 7 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis - Invemarlocation not on record
8
Washington, US
4
Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Campus Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record
3
FCMMlocation not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
7 institutions · 19 of 281 vouchered records shown · 105 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
