Hexamunida sphecia

(Macpherson, 1994) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Munididae/Hexamunida

At a glance

Occurrence records239

Data sources5

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections6

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Hexamunida sphecia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility118 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System121 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗

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 · OBIS239 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries6 detections

01Narrative

Agononida sphecia is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The species name is derived from the Greek sphex, meaning "wasp," which refers to the yellow and purple bands on its carapace. The males measure from 5.0 to and the females from 6.0 to. It is found off of New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the Chesterfield Islands, at depths between about 60 and. It is also found off of both Fiji and Tonga, where it resides between depths of about 310 and.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding6 eDNA hits

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 Hexamunida sphecia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections6

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type239 records

Wild obs. + sensor4

Museum / vouchered45

Other190

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO240 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit0

200–1000 m twilight120

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 400.5 m · max 830 m · 120 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor4

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 · 45 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence45

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
SCSDlocation not on record	20
Paris, FR	1

2 institutions · 21 of 45 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA6 detections

Where the DNA of Hexamunida sphecia 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 found6

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 6 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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