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v2026-m08
Chromista of the Indian Ocean

There are 3081 species of Chromista that are commonly found in the Indian Ocean.

Information on the COI barcoding status of these species is presented in the table below.
MODE
A		 All available COI barcodes for this taxa group (collected from any ocean and/or without geo-referencing):
  • Of the 3081 total species, 332 of these species (10%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 5654 "any ocean" COI barcode records available for this ocean and taxa group.
  • All available taxa group COI barcodes will be included in the Mode A downloads.
    • MODE
    B    		 Regional COI barcodes for this taxa group (includes only those collected in the Indian Ocean region):
  • Of the 3081 total species, 0 of these species (0%) have Indian Ocean-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 0 "Indian Ocean-collected" COI barcodes available for this taxa group.
  • In the map to the right, Red Stars show sampling locations of the COI barcodes in the Mode B download.
    • Uncoded
    Species    		 Of the 3081 total species in this region, 2749 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

     Barcoding progress summary for the Indian Ocean region, out of a total of 3081 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 332 species ( 10% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
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    • There are 12S barcodes for 0 species ( 0% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 134 species ( 4% coverage ), of which 1 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 661 species ( 21% coverage ), of which 64 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 2% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 292 species ( 9% coverage ), of which 2 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
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    Chromista of the Indian Ocean
    MZGdb DATA FILES

    Database-Version:   v2026-m08    		 --->   Mode-A   <---

    COI barcodes = 5654
    12S barcodes = 0
    16S barcodes = 576
    18S barcodes = 7284
    28S barcodes = 2053
    		 Mode-B

    COI barcodes = 0
    12S barcodes = 0
    16S barcodes = 30
    18S barcodes = 456
    28S barcodes = 6
    		 Mode-C

    COI records = 17828
    12S records = 1
    16S records = 895
    18S records = 21112
    28S records = 7251
    		 Mode-D

    COI records = 478
    12S records = 0
    16S records = 44
    18S records = 804
    28S records = 220
    FASTA file (*.fasta) MZGdb fasta (mode-A)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb fasta (mode-B)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean     (mode-B)     		MZGdb fasta (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb fasta (mode-D)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean     (mode-D)
    Mothur-formatted
    Taxonomic Hierarchy file (*.txt)

    Paired with fasta file above    		 MZGdb Mothur (mode-A)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb Mothur (mode-B)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean     (mode-B)     		MZGdb Mothur (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb Mothur (mode-D)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean     (mode-D)
    DADA2 file (*.fastq)

    Single "fasta+taxa" DADA2 fastq file    		 MZGdb DADA2 (mode-A)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-B)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean     (mode-B)     		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-D)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean     (mode-D)
    MZGdb v3.0

    "full format"

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    Format Description    		MZGdb CSV (*.csv)

    Excel-friendly full format
    comma-separated-values    		 MZGdb CSV (mode-A)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb CSV (mode-B)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean     (mode-B)     		MZGdb CSV (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb CSV (mode-D)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean     (mode-D)
    PSV (*.psv)

    pipe-separated-values    		 MZGdb PSV (mode-A)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb PSV (mode-B)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean     (mode-B)     		MZGdb PSV (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb PSV (mode-D)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean     (mode-D)


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    Wed Aug 5 08:39:43 AM EDT 2026