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v2026-m08
Decapoda of the North Pacific

There are 3364 species of Decapoda that are commonly found in the North Pacific.

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 3364 total species, 1781 of these species (52%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 41191 "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 North Pacific region):
  • Of the 3364 total species, 0 of these species (0%) have North Pacific-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 0 "North Pacific-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 3364 total species in this region, 1583 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

     Barcoding progress summary for the North Pacific region, out of a total of 3364 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 1781 species ( 52% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
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    • There are 12S barcodes for 848 species ( 25% coverage ), of which 27 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 1420 species ( 42% coverage ), of which 91 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 2% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 455 species ( 13% coverage ), of which 21 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 370 species ( 10% coverage ), of which 36 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 1% coverage ).
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    Decapoda of the North Pacific
    MZGdb DATA FILES

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

    COI barcodes = 41191
    12S barcodes = 2094
    16S barcodes = 7515
    18S barcodes = 894
    28S barcodes = 826
    		 Mode-B

    COI barcodes = 0
    12S barcodes = 270
    16S barcodes = 525
    18S barcodes = 218
    28S barcodes = 238
    		 Mode-C

    COI records = 47993
    12S records = 2411
    16S records = 9264
    18S records = 1142
    28S records = 1059
    		 Mode-D

    COI records = 5055
    12S records = 288
    16S records = 836
    18S records = 252
    28S records = 278
    FASTA file (*.fasta) MZGdb fasta (mode-A)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

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

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

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

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

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

    pipe-separated-values    		 MZGdb PSV (mode-A)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

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

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


    MZGdb Atlas [ database-version = v2026-m08 ];   html-date = 2026-Aug-05









    Wed Aug 5 08:30:50 AM EDT 2026