Alpheus heterochaelis

Say, 1818 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Alpheidae/Alpheus

At a glance

Occurrence records2 435

Data sources7

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Alpheus heterochaelis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility476 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 959 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~15.95 Gbp↗

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

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS2 435 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT16 Gbp

01Narrative

Alpheus heterochaelis, the bigclaw snapping shrimp, is a snapper or pistol shrimp in the family Alpheidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment3

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max79 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Alpheus heterochaelis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Alpheus heterochaelis 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 size15 951 179 999 bp

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

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Alpheus heterochaelis15.95 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 435 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 821

Museum / vouchered614

Origin

Native11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 784 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1 773

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 1.8 m · max 79 m · 1 773 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 1 672≤1 km 91≤10 km 1>10 km 3

1 767 georeferenced · 54 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 821

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 accuracy52% within 1 km

≤100 m 21≤1 km 28≤10 km 30>10 km 16

95 georeferenced · 519 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence614

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 institutions10 of 25 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	48
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	28
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	25
	22
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	19
Cambridge, US	15
San Nicolás de los Garza, MX	15
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record	10
Alabama Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	9
Mexico City, MX	9
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	7
Instituto Oceanográfico del Pacífico, Secretaría de Marinalocation not on record	5
Chicago, US	5
CAJlocation not on record	4
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis - Invemarlocation not on record	3
New Haven, US	2
FCMMlocation not on record	2
CASlocation not on record	2
Masindi, UG	2
Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Campus Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	2
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulolocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
GCOOSlocation not on record	1

25 institutions · 239 of 614 vouchered records shown · 158 without an institution code

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Alpheus heterochaelis

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Habitat & environment3

Other traits2

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Record type2 435 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions10 of 25 geolocated

Record type2 435 records