Phormosoma bursarium

A.Agassiz, 1881 · species

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Animalia/Echinodermata/Echinoidea/Echinothurioida/Phormosomatidae/Phormosoma

At a glance

Occurrence records1 269

Data sources6

Biological traits4

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections1

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Phormosoma bursarium's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility625 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System644 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page5 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 · OBIS1 269 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Phormosoma bursarium is een zee-egel uit de familie Phormosomatidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1881 gepubliceerd door Alexander Agassiz.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max2 340 m

Depth min170 m

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Phormosoma bursarium has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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 type1 269 records

Wild obs. + sensor167

Museum / vouchered1 101

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 740 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit4

200–1000 m twilight462

1–4 km midnight46

>4 km abyssal0

median 623.6 m · max 2 308 m · 512 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 86≤1 km 14≤10 km 3

103 georeferenced · 64 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor167

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 accuracy49% within 1 km

≤100 m 16≤1 km 35≤10 km 41>10 km 13

105 georeferenced · 996 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 101

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 institutions7 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
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	173
Washington, US	59
Paris, FR	50
Sydney, AU	44
Cambridge, US	18
South Kensington, GB	14
Museums Victorialocation not on record	9
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	5
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	4
P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanologylocation not on record	3
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	3
CASlocation not on record	1
Los Angeles, US	1
SCSDlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1

15 institutions · 386 of 1 101 vouchered records shown · 164 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Phormosoma bursarium 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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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Phormosoma bursarium

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type1 269 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions7 of 15 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 269 records