Acesta oophaga — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Limida/Limidae/Acesta

At a glance

Occurrence records33

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections5

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Acesta oophaga's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System15 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS33 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Acesta oophaga ist eine Muschel-Art aus der Familie der Feilenmuscheln (Limidae). Sie lebt in Faunengesellschaften an sog. Cold Seeps in etwa 400 bis 800 Meter Wassertiefe am Louisiana Slope im nördlichen Golf von Mexiko. Die Muscheln filtrieren die dotterreichen Eier des Bartwurms Lamellibranchia luymesi aus dem Wasser und ernähren sich davon, daher auch der Artname oophaga = Eierfresser.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max700 m

Depth min400 m

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Acesta oophaga has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections5

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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 type33 records

Museum / vouchered33

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO36 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit0

200–1000 m twilight5

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 600 m · max 600 m · 5 records with depth

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 15

15 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence33

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	13
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	4
Chicago, US	1

3 institutions · 18 of 33 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Acesta oophaga was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found5

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.