Oxycephalus piscator — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Amphipoda/Oxycephalidae/Oxycephalus

At a glance

Occurrence records370

Data sources5

Biological traits3

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Oxycephalus piscator's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility178 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System192 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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 sources3 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS370 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Oxycephalus piscator is een vlokreeftensoort uit de familie van de Oxycephalidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1830 door Milne Edwards.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic

Other traits1

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Oxycephalus piscator has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

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 type370 records

Wild obs. + sensor75

Museum / vouchered118

Other177

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO772 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit73

200–1000 m twilight76

1–4 km midnight5

>4 km abyssal0

median 206.5 m · max 3 515 m · 154 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 1≤1 km 4>10 km 1

6 georeferenced · 69 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor75

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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 29≤1 km 4≤10 km 5

38 georeferenced · 80 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence118

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 11 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Stockholm, SE	16
Washington, US	8
Los Angeles, US	6
Tapachula, MX	5
Copenhagen, DK	4
Universidad Simón Bolívarlocation not on record	4
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	4
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	2
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record	2
Sydney, AU	2
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)location not on record	1

11 institutions · 54 of 118 vouchered records shown · 25 without an institution code