Apolochus neapolitanus

(Della Valle, 1893) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Amphipoda/Amphilochidae/Apolochus

At a glance

Occurrence records4 687

Data sources9

Biological traits2

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections7

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Apolochus neapolitanus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 203 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 484 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 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 · OBIS4 687 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 1 countries7 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Amphilochus neapolitanus also known as “algae louse” is a species of amphipod crustacean up to 4 mm long. It lives at depths of up to 80 m throughout the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, and in parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the North Sea to North Africa. It is usually found on rocks among algae, where it feeds by grazing.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Apolochus neapolitanus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections7

Countries3

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 type4 687 records

Wild obs. + sensor938

Museum / vouchered2 885

Other864

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 688 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit958

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 13.9 m · max 169 m · 958 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 645≤10 km 20

665 georeferenced · 273 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor938

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 accuracy79% within 1 km

≤100 m 178≤1 km 150≤10 km 57>10 km 32

417 georeferenced · 2 468 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 885

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 institutions2 of 21 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
CEFASlocation not on record	558
Universidad Simón Bolívarlocation not on record	98
Brussels, BE	95
Station Biologique de Roscoff (EDMO:521)location not on record	68
Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)location not on record	64
RWSlocation not on record	55
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	46
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	41
DASSHlocation not on record	36
730location not on record	29
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	21
486location not on record	19
Biomorlocation not on record	10
Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, Universite de Bordeaxlocation not on record	8
PNHSlocation not on record	5
AUTHlocation not on record	4
Los Angeles, US	4
630location not on record	4
Plymouth Marine Laboratorylocation not on record	2
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	1

21 institutions · 1 170 of 2 885 vouchered records shown · 104 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA7 detections

Where the DNA of Apolochus neapolitanus 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 found7

Studies independent surveys2

Countries1

Verifiable raw sequence linked6

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 7 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 median16.1 °C 13.1–16.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.5 °C

Max temp (day)17.2 °C 14.4–17.2

Min temp (night)14.9 °C 11.9–15.0

Precipitation80.3 mm/mo 79.6–101

Air humidity62.6 % 62.6–63.3

Vapour deficit680 Pa 551–683

Cloud cover43.5 % 43.5–46.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 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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Apolochus neapolitanus

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Habitat & environment2

At a glance

Record type4 687 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 21 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type4 687 records