Alpheus spongiarum — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Alpheidae/Alpheus

At a glance

Occurrence records113

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility71 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System42 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

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 sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS113 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Alpheus spongiarum is een garnalensoort uit de familie van de Alpheidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1897 door Coutière.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Other traits2

Depth max42 m

Depth min37 m

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 spongiarum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type113 records

Wild obs. + sensor24

Museum / vouchered89

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO264 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit8

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 89.5 m · max 100 m · 8 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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤1 km 4>10 km 6

10 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor24

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 2

4 georeferenced · 85 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence89

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 institutions6 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
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	20
Paris, FR	11
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	10
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	8
CASlocation not on record	3
Sydney, AU	3
Chiba, JP	2
Museums Victorialocation not on record	2
Honolulu, US	2
Stockholm, SE	1
Frankfurt am Main	1

11 institutions · 63 of 89 vouchered records shown