Amathia gracilis

(Leidy, 1855) · species

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Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Vesiculariidae/Amathia

At a glance

Occurrence records1 200

Data sources8

Biological traits4

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections422

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Amathia gracilis's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility488 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System712 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI422 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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 sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 200 records

Environmental DNA6 datasets · 2 countries422 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Amathia gracilis is een mosdiertjessoort uit de familie van de Vesiculariidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is, als Bowerbankia gracilis, voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1855 door Leidy.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max13 m

Depth min0 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 Amathia gracilis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections422

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

18S-3P18S-5P

ribosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 200 records

Wild obs. + sensor395

Museum / vouchered673

Other132

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 772 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit292

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 3 m · max 110 m · 292 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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 132≤1 km 16≤10 km 1

149 georeferenced · 246 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor395

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 accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 18≤1 km 36≤10 km 8>10 km 7

69 georeferenced · 604 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence673

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 institutions8 of 24 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	43
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	39
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	31
IfAÖ Institut für Angewandte Ökosystemforschung GmbHlocation not on record	13
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	10
Washington, US	7
CASlocation not on record	6
NHMOlocation not on record	5
ARMS-MBONlocation not on record	4
DASSHlocation not on record	4
Cambridge, US	4
IfAÖ- Institut für Angewandte Ökosystemforschung GmbHlocation not on record	3
New Haven, US	3
730location not on record	1
Bergen, NO	1
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)location not on record	1
Citadel Hill, GB	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	1
MBRBKlocation not on record	1
Sydney, AU	1
PNHSlocation not on record	1
CEFASlocation not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1

24 institutions · 183 of 673 vouchered records shown · 122 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA422 detections

Where the DNA of Amathia gracilis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found422

Studies independent surveys6

Countries2

Verifiable raw sequence linked393

Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 422 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

Marine Protected Area; protected; 9.2 - Subt…Marina; semi-industrial; 9.3 - Subtidal Loos…Industrial port; industrial; 9.2 - Subtidal …Industrial port; industrial; 9.5 - Subtidal …

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.4 °C -7.00–18.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.9 °C

Max temp (day)20.2 °C -2.90–21.9

Min temp (night)16.0 °C -10.5–17.2

Precipitation96.6 mm/mo 88.1–114

Air humidity62.2 % 60.8–64.0

Moisture balance9.60 mm/mo

Vapour deficit800 Pa 136–836

Wind speed4.70 m/s

Cloud cover51.8 % 46.6–63.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 418 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Amathia gracilis

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type1 200 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 24 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 200 records