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Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS16 records
DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens
02Traits & measurements
SourcesSeaLifeBase
Habitat & environment2
Habitat saltwateryes
Habitat zonebenthic
Other traits2
Depth max1 m
Depth min0 m
05DNA & barcoding7 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 Americorchestia heardi has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
BINs1
Marker genes2
Countries1
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus5 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 13 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)0.88%
Haplotypes5
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.2%
N.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ 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
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type16 records
Wild obs. + sensor11
Museum / vouchered5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO56 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit2
200–1000 m twilight0
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 0 m · max 0 m · 2 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 accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 1≤10 km 1
7 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor11
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 · 5 records without
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5
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
Institution
Specimens
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
