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Plantae of the World Oceans

There are 4318 species of Plantae that are commonly found in the World Oceans.

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 4318 total species, 1313 of these species (30%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 18195 "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 World Oceans region):
  • Of the 4318 total species, 1313 of these species (30%) have World Oceans-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 18195 "World Oceans-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 4318 total species in this region, 3005 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

     Barcoding progress summary for the World Oceans region, out of a total of 4318 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 1313 species ( 30% coverage ).
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    • There are 12S barcodes for 0 species ( 0% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 138 species ( 3% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 871 species ( 20% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 735 species ( 17% coverage ).
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    Plantae of the World Oceans
    MZGdb DATA FILES

    Database-Version:   v2025-m03-01    		 --->   Mode-A   <---

    COI barcodes = 18195
    12S barcodes = 0
    16S barcodes = 328
    18S barcodes = 3250
    28S barcodes = 2262
    		 Mode-B

    Not Applicable

    B = A for "world"         		Mode-C

    COI records = 28423
    12S records = 0
    16S records = 633
    18S records = 7680
    28S records = 3698
    		 Mode-D

    Not Applicable

    D = C for "world"
    FASTA file MZGdb fasta (mode-A)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb fasta (mode-B)
    not applicable     		MZGdb fasta (mode-C)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb fasta (mode-D)
    not applicable
    Mothur-formatted
    Taxonomic Hierarchy file

    (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)
    not applicable     		MZGdb Mothur (mode-C)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb Mothur (mode-D)
    not applicable
    MZGdb v3.0

    "full format"

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    Format Description    		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)
    not applicable     		MZGdb CSV (mode-C)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb CSV (mode-D)
    not applicable
    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)
    not applicable     		MZGdb PSV (mode-C)
    COI | n/d | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb PSV (mode-D)
    not applicable


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