Acholoe squamosa

(Delle Chiaje, 1827) · species

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Animalia/Annelida/Polychaeta/Phyllodocida/Polynoidae/Acholoe

At a glance

Occurrence records166

Data sources10

Biological traits2

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Acholoe squamosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility81 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System85 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS166 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.5 Gbp

01Narrative

Acholoe squamosa is a species in the family Polynoidae (scale worms) and the only species in the genus Acholoe; it occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and North-east Atlantic Ocean.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Acholoe squamosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

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

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Acholoe squamosa carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 481 470 071 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Acholoe squamosa1.48 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelChromosome

Completeness95.1% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type166 records

Wild obs. + sensor36

Museum / vouchered109

Other21

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO228 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit51

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 17 m · max 90 m · 51 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 14≤1 km 2

16 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor36

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 accuracy6% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤10 km 16

17 georeferenced · 92 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence109

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 institutions1 of 11 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
CEFASlocation not on record	29
DASSHlocation not on record	8
CoNISMalocation not on record	2
Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, Universite de Bordeaxlocation not on record	2
Biomorlocation not on record	1
486location not on record	1
Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazovlocation not on record	1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record	1
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 48 of 109 vouchered records shown

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