Anarchias galapagensis — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Anguilliformes/Muraenidae/Anarchias

At a glance

Occurrence records242

Data sources8

Biological traits5

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Anarchias galapagensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility151 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System91 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS242 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Anarchias galapagensis is a moray eel commonly known as the Minute moray or the Hardtail moray.Common names for Anarchias galapagensis at www.fishbase.org. It was first named by Alvin Seale in 1940Anarchias galapagensis at www.fishbase.org. and is found in coral reefs from the Gulf of California to Colombia. At a maximum length of 14 cm, it is regarded as one of the smallest morays worldwide.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length17 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits2

Depth max25 m

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Anarchias galapagensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

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-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type242 records

Wild obs. + sensor51

Museum / vouchered191

Origin

Native53

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO544 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit26

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 15 m · max 74.1 m · 26 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 accuracy64% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 20≤10 km 2>10 km 10

33 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor51

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 accuracy26% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤10 km 9>10 km 5

19 georeferenced · 172 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence191

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 institutions5 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	57
Los Angeles, US	53
CASlocation not on record	7
Washington, US	6
University of California Los Angeleslocation not on record	1
Zacatecas, MX	1
Cambridge, US	1
Paris, FR	1
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacionallocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 128 of 191 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code