Actinemys pallida

(Seeliger, 1945) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Testudines/Emydidae/Actinemys

At a glance

Occurrence records916

Data sources5

Biological traits0

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Actinemys pallida's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility916 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF916 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT≈2.3 Gbp

01Narrative

Actinemys pallida, the southwestern pond turtle, is an aquatic turtle of the genus Actinemys in the family Emydidae.Reptile database. org https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Actinemys&species=pallida&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Actinemys%27%29%29 It can be found in bodies of water in southern California and Baja California.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Actinemys pallida has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

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

The complete instruction manual Actinemys pallida 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≈2 326 911 222 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 Actinemys pallida2.33 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 levelScaffold

Completeness97.3% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type916 records

Wild obs. + sensor904

Museum / vouchered12

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 140 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy5% within 1 km

≤100 m 40≤1 km 4≤10 km 3>10 km 843

890 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor904

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 accuracy18% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 6>10 km 3

11 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence12

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 1 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	11

1 institutions · 11 of 12 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

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