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Brachyura of the World Oceans

There are 4108 species of Brachyura 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 4108 total species, 1450 of these species (35%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 23295 "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 4108 total species, 1450 of these species (35%) have World Oceans-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 23295 "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 4108 total species in this region, 2658 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

     Barcoding progress summary for the World Oceans region, out of a total of 4108 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 1450 species ( 35% coverage ).
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    • There are 12S barcodes for 771 species ( 18% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 1338 species ( 32% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 307 species ( 7% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 269 species ( 6% coverage ).
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    Brachyura of the World Oceans
    MZGdb DATA FILES

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

    COI barcodes = 23295
    12S barcodes = 1696
    16S barcodes = 4462
    18S barcodes = 361
    28S barcodes = 597
    		 Mode-B

    Not Applicable

    B = A for "world"         		Mode-C

    COI records = 27245
    12S records = 2005
    16S records = 5237
    18S records = 399
    28S records = 664
    		 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"

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    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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