Amphisbetia operculata

(Linnaeus, 1758) · species

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Animalia/Cnidaria/Hydrozoa/Leptothecata/Sertulariidae/Amphisbetia

At a glance

Occurrence records1 458

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Amphisbetia operculata's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility847 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System611 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 458 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceNCBI≈276 Mbp

01Narrative

De fijne zeecypres is een hydroïdpoliep uit de familie Sertulariidae. De poliep komt uit het geslacht Amphisbetia. Amphisbetia operculata werd in 1758 voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Carl Linnaeus.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic

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 Amphisbetia operculata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries4

Marker genes sequenced

18S-5P

ribosomal

06Genome at a glanceNCBI

The complete instruction manual Amphisbetia operculata 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 size≈276 078 950 bp assembly estimate

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 Amphisbetia operculata0.28 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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.

Assembly levelChromosome

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 458 records

Wild obs. + sensor561

Museum / vouchered815

Other82

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 092 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit321

200–1000 m twilight3

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 16.7 m · max 698.5 m · 324 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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 453≤1 km 13≤10 km 7

473 georeferenced · 88 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor561

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 accuracy56% within 1 km

≤100 m 45≤1 km 97≤10 km 85>10 km 28

255 georeferenced · 560 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence815

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 institutions10 of 24 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Stockholm, SE	46
fcnym.unlp.edu.arlocation not on record	44
Brussels, BE	34
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	27
Sydney, AU	24
DASSHlocation not on record	18
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	14
CEFASlocation not on record	11
Washington, US	6
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	5
Museums Victorialocation not on record	4
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	4
Copenhagen, DK	4
Paris, FR	2
Ulster Museumlocation not on record	2
Citadel Hill, GB	2
Buenos Aires, AR	2
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	2
CASlocation not on record	1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	1
IADOlocation not on record	1
Toronto, CA	1
South Kensington, GB	1
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	1

24 institutions · 257 of 815 vouchered records shown · 14 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Amphisbetia operculata 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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Amphisbetia operculata

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Habitat & environment2

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 458 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions10 of 24 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 458 records