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Mollusca-Cephalopoda of the World Oceans

There are 819 species of Mollusca-Cephalopoda 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 819 total species, 445 of these species (54%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 10672 "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 819 total species, 445 of these species (54%) have World Oceans-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 10672 "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 819 total species in this region, 374 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

    Barcoding progress summary for the World Oceans region, out of a total of 819 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 445 species ( 54% coverage ).
    • There are 12S barcodes for 229 species ( 27% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 349 species ( 42% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 115 species ( 14% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 113 species ( 13% coverage ).

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    Mollusca-Cephalopoda of the World Oceans

    MZGdb DATA FILES

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

    COI barcodes = 10672
    12S barcodes = 707
    16S barcodes = 2360
    18S barcodes = 163
    28S barcodes = 177
    Mode-B

    Not Applicable

    B = A for "world"
    Mode-C

    COI records = 11991
    12S records = 793
    16S records = 2996
    18S records = 204
    28S records = 205
    Mode-D

    Not Applicable

    D = C for "world"
    FASTA file MZGdb fasta (mode-A)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-A)
    MZGdb fasta (mode-B)

    not applicable
    MZGdb fasta (mode-C)

    COI | 12S | 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 | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-A)
    MZGdb Mothur (mode-B)

    not applicable
    MZGdb Mothur (mode-C)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-C)
    MZGdb Mothur (mode-D)

    not applicable
    MZGdb v3.0

    "full format"

    go to
    Format Description
    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)

    not applicable
    MZGdb CSV (mode-C)

    COI | 12S | 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 | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-A)
    MZGdb PSV (mode-B)

    not applicable
    MZGdb PSV (mode-C)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-C)
    MZGdb PSV (mode-D)

    not applicable


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