Microcosmus sabatieri — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Pyuridae/Microcosmus

At a glance

Occurrence records892

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Microcosmus sabatieri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility829 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System63 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS892 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Microcosmus sabatieri, commonly called the grooved sea squirt, sea fig, or violet, is a species of tunicates (sea squirts). The species has a rocky-shape appearance. It is mainly found in the Mediterranean Sea. It is used as food in parts of Europe.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max32 m

Depth min15 m

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Microcosmus sabatieri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

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 type892 records

Wild obs. + sensor803

Museum / vouchered14

Other75

Origin

Native278

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 056 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit49

200–1000 m twilight2

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 62 m · max 423 m · 51 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 71≤1 km 314≤10 km 25

410 georeferenced · 393 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor803

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence14

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 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
AUTHlocation not on record	6
IEO-COMA-CSIClocation not on record	1
Barcelona, ES	1

3 institutions · 8 of 14 vouchered records shown