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Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS509 records
DNA & barcodingBOLD15 specimens
02Traits & measurements
SourcesSeaLifeBase
Habitat & environment2
Habitat saltwateryes
Habitat zonebenthic
Other traits2
Depth max1 204 m
Depth min9 m
05DNA & barcoding15 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 Amphipholis pugetana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
BINs3
Marker genes2
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P611 bp consensus12 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. 91% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 53 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)2.6%
Haplotypes10
BINs3
Most divergent pair6.4%
N.AmericaOther
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-5P16S
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type509 records
Wild obs. + sensor233
Museum / vouchered258
Other18
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO976 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit189
200–1000 m twilight39
1–4 km midnight3
>4 km abyssal0
median 42 m · max 1 204 m · 231 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 accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 233 records without
Open the mapobservation + sensor233
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 accuracy61% within 1 km
≤100 m 20≤1 km 15≤10 km 14>10 km 8
57 georeferenced · 201 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence258
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 institutions6 of 16 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Los Angeles, US
56
CASlocation not on record
22
Victoria, CA
17
Cambridge, US
16
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
16
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record
15
Washington, US
14
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
13
Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja Californialocation not on record
5
Edmonton, CA
2
Toronto, CA
2
Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museumlocation not on record
1
Florida Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
NCHSUlocation not on record
1
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record
1
University of California San Diegolocation not on record
1
16 institutions · 183 of 258 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
