Arenicola cristata

Stimpson, 1856 · species

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Animalia/Annelida/Polychaeta/Arenicolidae/Arenicola

At a glance

Occurrence records255

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Arenicola cristata's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility195 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System60 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.88 Gbp↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 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 · OBIS255 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT880 Mbp

01Narrative

Arenicola cristata is een borstelworm uit de familie Arenicolidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1856 gepubliceerd door William Stimpson.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Arenicola cristata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Arenicola cristata 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 size880 200 000 bp

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 Arenicola cristata0.88 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type255 records

Wild obs. + sensor119

Museum / vouchered135

Other1

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO548 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit39

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 1 m · max 8 m · 39 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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 59≤1 km 16≤10 km 13>10 km 2

90 georeferenced · 29 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor119

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

≤1 km 8≤10 km 15>10 km 8

31 georeferenced · 104 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence135

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 15 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	13
Sydney, AU	11
New Haven, US	7
Cambridge, US	6
Washington, US	6
South Kensington, GB	4
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	2
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
CASlocation not on record	2
Univ_Ryukyuslocation not on record	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)location not on record	1
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 60 of 135 vouchered records shown · 32 without an institution code

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