Euplokamis dunlapae — The Life Data

Animalia/Ctenophora/Tentaculata/Cydippida/Euplokamididae/Euplokamis

At a glance

Occurrence records163

Data sources6

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Euplokamis dunlapae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility159 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System4 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS163 records

01Narrative

Euplokamis dunlapae is a marine species of ctenophore. It is the first species of ctenophora reported to have giant axons controlling the comb rows. They control the ciliary beating, allowing for rapid change in the speed and direction of the cilia, likely evolved as an escape mechanism.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type163 records

Wild obs. + sensor158

Museum / vouchered5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO248 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy74% within 1 km

≤100 m 104≤1 km 12>10 km 41

157 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor158

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5

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

Institution	Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 3 of 5 vouchered records shown