Alpheus paraformosus — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Alpheidae/Alpheus

At a glance

Occurrence records42

Data sources5

Biological traits1

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility29 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System13 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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 sources1 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS42 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Alpheus paraformosus is een garnalensoort uit de familie van de Alpheidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 2008 door Anker, Hurt & Knowlton.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment1

Habitat saltwateryes

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

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes2

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-5P16S

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type42 records

Wild obs. + sensor8

Museum / vouchered34

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO60 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit6

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 1.5 m · max 12 m · 6 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 accuracy20% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤10 km 2>10 km 2

5 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8

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 · 34 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence34

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 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	7
FCMMlocation not on record	6
Washington, US	4
Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Campus Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	3
Paris, FR	1

5 institutions · 21 of 34 vouchered records shown