Phoronis hippocrepia

Wright, 1856 · species

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Animalia/Phoronida/Phoronidae/Phoronis

At a glance

Occurrence records3 266

Data sources7

Biological traits5

DNA specimens10

eDNA detections469

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Phoronis hippocrepia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 974 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 292 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI469 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 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 sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS3 266 records

Environmental DNA6 datasets · 5 countries469 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD10 specimens

01Narrative

Phoronis hippocrepia is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length10 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max55 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding10 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 Phoronis hippocrepia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens10

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections469

Countries5

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 type3 266 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 348

Museum / vouchered1 820

Other98

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 532 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit580

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 11.9 m · max 161 m · 580 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 751≤1 km 95≤10 km 21>10 km 1

868 georeferenced · 480 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 348

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 accuracy76% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 114≤10 km 32>10 km 6

161 georeferenced · 1 659 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 820

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 institutions5 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museums Victorialocation not on record	77
Sydney, AU	34
CEFASlocation not on record	18
Stockholm, SE	17
Gotland Universitylocation not on record	12
DASSHlocation not on record	11
Marine Biological Association of the UKlocation not on record	7
PNHSlocation not on record	6
Gothenburg, SE	2
Bergen, NO	1
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	1
CASlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
Royal British Columbia Museumlocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 189 of 1 820 vouchered records shown · 414 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA469 detections

Where the DNA of Phoronis hippocrepia 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 found469

Studies independent surveys6

Countries5

Verifiable raw sequence linked29

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 469 detections have coordinates

Open the map5 countries0

Boring in Shells

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.

Measured at samplingin-field

Temperature20.7 °C 12.5–31.4

pH8.13 7.43–8.58

Conductivity48,613 µS/cm 30,500–60,671

Salinity35.1 PSU 28.4–38.7

Dissolved oxygen7.62 mg/L 4.41–12.3

Turbidity0.493 NTU 0.019–8.64

Nitrate0.643 µmol/L 0.084–7.90

Depth2.00 m 0–100

Coastal waterPelagic

261 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.1 °C 13.2–25.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.10 °C

Max temp (day)20.1 °C 15.4–26.0

Min temp (night)15.9 °C 11.1–24.0

Precipitation86.8 mm/mo 54.3–127

Air humidity60.6 % 56.5–63.0

Moisture balance-21.9 mm/mo

Vapour deficit816 Pa 643–1,175

Wind speed5.90 m/s

Cloud cover26.3 % 16.6–47.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 468 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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Phoronis hippocrepia

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type3 266 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 14 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Measured at samplingin-field

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type3 266 records