Amphibalanus amphitrite
(Darwin, 1854) · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Amphibalanus amphitrite's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 042 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 667 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI288 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics308 specimens↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
A. amphitrite and Balanus eburneus (ivory acorn barnacles), Cayo Costa State Park, Florida Amphibalanus amphitrite is a species of acorn barnacle in the Balanidae family. Its common names include the striped barnacle, the purple acorn barnacle and Amphitrite's rock barnacle. It is found in warm and temperate waters worldwide.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology1
Habitat & environment3
Other traits3
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 Amphibalanus amphitrite has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Amphibalanus amphitrite 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
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).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type4 709 records
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions14 of 39 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| CASlocation not on record | 185 |
| National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record | 152 |
| Western Australian Museumlocation not on record | 135 |
| Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 65 |
| Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record | 52 |
| Sydney, AU | 32 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 28 |
| Cantablocation not on record | 27 |
| Natick, US | 25 |
| Honolulu, US | 25 |
| DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 21 |
| Stockholm, SE | 18 |
| Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)location not on record | 17 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 15 |
| Brussels, BE | 11 |
| DASSHlocation not on record | 9 |
| Mexico City, MX | 8 |
| Washington, US | 7 |
| Auckland, NZ | 6 |
| Los Angeles, US | 6 |
| AUTHlocation not on record | 6 |
| ARMS-MBONlocation not on record | 4 |
| Museums Victorialocation not on record | 3 |
| RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record | 3 |
| HUJIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 3 |
| 486location not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| ICATMARlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tel Aviv University, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record | 1 |
| LUZlocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Amphibalanus amphitrite 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.