Amblyomma tuberculatum

Marx, 1894 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Amblyomma

At a glance

Occurrence records64

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Amblyomma tuberculatum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility64 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

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

Occurrence & distributionGBIF64 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT2n = 22

01Narrative

Amblyomma tuberculatum, commonly known as the gopher tortoise tick, is a species of hard tick native to the United States whose adult and nymphal stages are commonly collected from the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, with as many as 19 individual ticks taken from a single tortoise.Ennen JR, Qualls CP. 2011. Distribution and habitat utilization of the gopher tortoise tick (Amblyomma tuberculatum) in Southern Mississippi. Journal of Parasitology 97(2):202-206.Joseph C. Cooney, Kirby L. Hays. 1972. Bionomics of the Gopher Tortoise Tick, Amblyomma tuberculatum Marx. Journal of Medical Entomology 9(3):239-245.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Amblyomma tuberculatum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections1

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-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Amblyomma tuberculatum 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.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 221×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database

GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type64 records

Wild obs. + sensor26

Museum / vouchered38

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO156 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 accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 3≤10 km 2>10 km 2

15 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor26

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 7

8 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence38

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 4 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Harold Winfred Manter Laboratory of Parasitologylocation not on record	20
Cambridge, US	11
Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory, Columbus, OH (OSAL)location not on record	5
US	1

4 institutions · 37 of 38 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Amblyomma tuberculatum 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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