Ammothella appendiculata

(Dohrn, 1881) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Pycnogonida/Pantopoda/Ammotheidae/Ammothella

At a glance

Occurrence records64

Data sources9

Biological traits4

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections4

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Ammothella appendiculata's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility44 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System20 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.74 Gbp↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 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 · OBIS64 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT743 Mbp

01Narrative

Ammothella appendiculata is een zeespin uit de familie Ammotheidae. De soort behoort tot het geslacht Ammothella. Ammothella appendiculata werd in 1881 voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Dohrn.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max65 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Ammothella appendiculata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

BINs2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections4

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 Ammothella appendiculata 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.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size743 280 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Ammothella appendiculata0.74 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type64 records

Wild obs. + sensor12

Museum / vouchered48

Other4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO132 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit18

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 7.3 m · max 130 m · 18 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 6

7 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor12

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

1 georeferenced · 47 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence48

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 institutions3 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
Washington, US	13
Paris, FR	7
MNHN-location not on record	3
FCMMlocation not on record	1
Cambridge, US	1

5 institutions · 25 of 48 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Ammothella appendiculata 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median26.2 °C 26.2–26.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.10 °C

Max temp (day)26.9 °C

Min temp (night)25.4 °C

Precipitation179 mm/mo

Air humidity62.2 %

Vapour deficit1,284 Pa

Cloud cover23.5 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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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