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Cnidaria of the Indian Ocean

There are 2587 species of Cnidaria that are commonly found in the Indian Ocean.

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 2587 total species, 909 of these species (35%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 11223 "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 Indian Ocean region):
  • Of the 2587 total species, 0 of these species (0%) have Indian Ocean-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 0 "Indian Ocean-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 2587 total species in this region, 1678 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

     Barcoding progress summary for the Indian Ocean region, out of a total of 2587 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 909 species ( 35% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
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    • There are 12S barcodes for 302 species ( 11% coverage ), of which 11 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 631 species ( 24% coverage ), of which 37 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 1% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 532 species ( 20% coverage ), of which 5 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 527 species ( 20% coverage ), of which 4 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
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    Cnidaria of the Indian Ocean
    MZGdb DATA FILES

    Database-Version:   v2025-m10-01    		 --->   Mode-A   <---

    COI barcodes = 11223
    12S barcodes = 683
    16S barcodes = 4258
    18S barcodes = 1558
    28S barcodes = 1984
    		 Mode-B

    COI barcodes = 0
    12S barcodes = 33
    16S barcodes = 85
    18S barcodes = 17
    28S barcodes = 8
    		 Mode-C

    COI records = 17647
    12S records = 940
    16S records = 6050
    18S records = 3169
    28S records = 4068
    		 Mode-D

    COI records = 664
    12S records = 35
    16S records = 115
    18S records = 59
    28S records = 19
    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)


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