Phoronopsis harmeri

Pixell, 1912 · species

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Animalia/Phoronida/Phoronidae/Phoronopsis

At a glance

Occurrence records166

Data sources9

Biological traits4

DNA specimens45

eDNA detections33

Sources9 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility95 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System71 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI33 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics45 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 · OBIS166 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 3 countries33 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD45 specimens

01Narrative

Phoronopsis harmeri is a species of marine horseshoe worm in the phylum Phoronida. It was first described by H.L.M. Pixell in 1912, and was found off of Vancouver Island.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max100 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding45 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 harmeri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens45

BINs6

Marker genes11

eDNA detections33

Countries3

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P658 bp consensus25 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 67% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 217 variable positions, in barcode order

4Gmostly conserved

5Cmostly conserved

7Tmostly conserved

19Tmostly conserved

25Amostly conserved

29Tmostly conserved

31Tmostly conserved

40Gmostly conserved

46Tvariable

55Gvariable

58Cvariable

59Tmostly conserved

61Gvariable

68Tvariable

76Cvariable

79Gvariable

85Gvariable

88Gvariable

91Tmostly conserved

92Tvariable

94Avariable

97Gvariable

100Avariable

103Tvariable

106Cvariable

110Cmostly conserved

112Tmostly conserved

115Cmostly conserved

121Avariable

130Amostly conserved

133Tvariable

139Tvariable

143Gmostly conserved

145Amostly conserved

154Tmostly conserved

163Tmostly conserved

166Avariable

169Tvariable

170Cvariable

172Gvariable

175Avariable

178Avariable

181Gvariable

184Avariable

190Gvariable

199Gvariable

206Cvariable

208Tvariable

214Tvariable

220Tvariable

223Gvariable

226Tmostly conserved

232Tmostly conserved

242Tvariable

253Amostly conserved

256Gvariable

259Tvariable

263Cvariable

265Avariable

266Cvariable

268Gvariable

271Cvariable

280Avariable

282Cmostly conserved

283Tmostly conserved

284Tmostly conserved

287Cvariable

292Gvariable

295Gmostly conserved

298Tvariable

301Amostly conserved

310Avariable

313Gvariable

316Tvariable

319Tvariable

322Cvariable

328Gvariable

337Tmostly conserved

340Tmostly conserved

343Tvariable

346Tvariable

347Cmostly conserved

349Tmostly conserved

350Tvariable

358Tvariable

364Tmostly conserved

367Cmostly conserved

373Avariable

374Amostly conserved

376Gvariable

382Tmostly conserved

385Tmostly conserved

386Tvariable

388Gmostly conserved

391Amostly conserved

397Tmostly conserved

406Tmostly conserved

412Avariable

415Tmostly conserved

418Avariable

421Tmostly conserved

430Avariable

433Gmostly conserved

434Gmostly conserved

436Tmostly conserved

439Thighly variable

448Tmostly conserved

451Cvariable

454Tvariable

455Gmostly conserved

457Avariable

463Cvariable

466Avariable

469Amostly conserved

475Avariable

478Cvariable

484Avariable

485Cvariable

487Amostly conserved

490Avariable

+97 more variable positions not shown

TACGCTTTACTTAATTTTTGGAGTATGATCTGGGTTAGTGGGCACTGGGCTAAGGGCCTTGATTCGATTAGAGCTCGGGCAACCGGGGAC …

Variant network

Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.

Diversity (π)13.9%

Haplotypes10

BINs5

Most divergent pair20.2%

N.AmericaOther

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-5PCOIICOXIIICYTBND1ND2ND3ND4ND4LND5-0ND6

animal barcodemitochondrial

Organelle genome

Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.

▸ Tap any coloured segment — or a gene chip — to see what it is

Mitochondrion

NC_018761 ↗ · 13 protein · 22 tRNA · 2 rRNA

COX3ATP6ND3ND2COX1COX2ATP8ND5ND4ND4LCYTBND6ND1l-rRNAs-rRNA

◖ violet arc = the COI-5P barcode — the ~650 bp read used to ID this species

Pick a coloured segment on the ring — or a gene chip — to read what that gene does.

protein-codingrRNAtRNA

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type166 records

Wild obs. + sensor35

Museum / vouchered127

Other4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO308 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit13

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 16.8 m · max 97.5 m · 13 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 2≤10 km 1

8 georeferenced · 27 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor35

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 accuracy43% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 16≤10 km 25

44 georeferenced · 83 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence127

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
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	22
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	18
Sydney, AU	14
CASlocation not on record	7
Florida Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	7
Washington, US	5
Hakai Institutelocation not on record	3
Natick, US	2
Victoria, CA	1
Los Angeles, US	1
Toronto, CA	1

11 institutions · 81 of 127 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA33 detections

Where the DNA of Phoronopsis harmeri 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 found33

Studies independent surveys1

Countries3

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 33 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 countries0

marine benthic biomesoft sedimentPlanktonicchannelemergent tidal marshlow intertidal, 0.2-0.8 meter line

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median9.00 °C 6.10–14.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.7 °C

Max temp (day)13.2 °C 9.40–16.4

Min temp (night)4.80 °C 2.20–12.1

Precipitation109 mm/mo 71.6–113

Air humidity63.2 % 60.4–68.7

Moisture balance23.7 mm/mo

Vapour deficit424 Pa 364–502

Wind speed3.90 m/s

Cloud cover45.6 % 37.6–48.7

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 27 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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