Phoronopsis californica — The Life Data

Animalia/Phoronida/Phoronidae/Phoronopsis

At a glance

Occurrence records181

Data sources8

Biological traits6

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Phoronopsis californica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility173 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System8 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS181 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Phoronopsis californica is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida. It was first described as a new species by William Hilton in 1930 when he found it at Balboa Bay in Newport Beach, California.Hilton, W. A. (1930). A new Phoronopsis from California. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 49(2) 154-59.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length4 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits3

Depth max35 m

Depth min0 m

Vulnerability50

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Phoronopsis californica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs3

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries2

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 type181 records

Wild obs. + sensor164

Museum / vouchered17

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO268 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km

≤100 m 65≤1 km 32≤10 km 10>10 km 38

145 georeferenced · 19 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor164

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 · 17 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence17

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

Institution	Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 3 of 17 vouchered records shown · 12 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Phoronopsis californica 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.