Appendicularia sicula — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Copelata/Fritillariidae/Appendicularia

At a glance

Occurrence records441

Data sources5

Biological traits4

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Appendicularia sicula's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility218 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System223 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS441 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length0.15 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Appendicularia sicula has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

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 type441 records

Wild obs. + sensor375

Museum / vouchered9

Other57

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO196 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit218

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 3 m · max 100.5 m · 218 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 236

236 georeferenced · 139 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor375

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 9 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9

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 institutions1 of 2 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	1
IPMAlocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 2 of 9 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code