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Hydrozoa of the World Oceans

There are 2582 species of Hydrozoa 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 2582 total species, 451 of these species (17%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 3395 "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 2582 total species, 451 of these species (17%) have World Oceans-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 3395 "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 2582 total species in this region, 2131 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

    Barcoding progress summary for the World Oceans region, out of a total of 2582 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 451 species ( 17% coverage ).
    • There are 12S barcodes for 49 species ( 1% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 727 species ( 28% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 387 species ( 14% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 324 species ( 12% coverage ).

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    Hydrozoa of the World Oceans

    MZGdb DATA FILES

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

    COI barcodes = 3395
    12S barcodes = 78
    16S barcodes = 4392
    18S barcodes = 905
    28S barcodes = 514
    Mode-B

    Not Applicable

    B = A for "world"
    Mode-C

    COI records = 5090
    12S records = 116
    16S records = 5226
    18S records = 1275
    28S records = 723
    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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