Acetes japonicus

Kishinouye, 1905 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Acetidae/Acetes

At a glance

Occurrence records314

Data sources7

Biological traits8

DNA specimens42

eDNA detections42

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Acetes japonicus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility153 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System161 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI42 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics42 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 sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS314 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries42 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD42 specimens

01Narrative

Acetes japonicus is a shrimp species from the family Sergestidae. It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and northern Indian Ocean, between Arabian Sea and the Yellow Sea. It is the species of wild shrimp or prawn with the highest reported annual catch, 402 thousand tonnes in 2019, fished by China and South Korea.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length2.4 cm

Habitat & environment3

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic

Uses & economy1

Commercial importancecommercial

Other traits3

Depth max100 m

Depth min1 m

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding42 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 Acetes japonicus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens42

BINs2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections42

Countries1

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P488 bp consensus40 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. 93% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 34 variable positions, in barcode order

6Gvariable

9Gvariable

15Tvariable

48Tvariable

99Cvariable

105Tvariable

108Avariable

129Tvariable

132Cvariable

138Avariable

150Avariable

153Tvariable

177Tvariable

195Tvariable

217Tvariable

228Amostly conserved

234Tvariable

249Avariable

255Avariable

273Tvariable

324Tvariable

334Cvariable

339Cvariable

354Cvariable

363Tvariable

405Gvariable

411Gvariable

420Avariable

426Tvariable

447Tvariable

450Cvariable

463Tvariable

483Gvariable

484Tvariable

TTAGGGCAGCCTGGTAGCCTAATTGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATGTTGTAGTTACAGCTCACGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTT …

Variant network

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)3.3%

Haplotypes4

BINs2

Most divergent pair6.8%

OtherAsia

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.

Acetes chinensissame genus10.8%Acetes serrulatussame genus13.1%Acetes indicussame genus13.9%Diploperla robustasame order17.2%Agathomyia fallenisame order17.4%

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-5P16S

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type314 records

Wild obs. + sensor25

Museum / vouchered288

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO500 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 30 m · max 30 m · 1 record 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 25 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor25

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 288 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence288

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 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record	140
Washington, US	7
	1

3 institutions · 148 of 288 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA42 detections

Where the DNA of Acetes japonicus 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 found42

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 42 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.

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