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Cetacea of the Baltic Sea

There are 4 species of Cetacea that are commonly found in the Baltic Sea.

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 4 total species, 4 of these species (100%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 228 "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 Baltic Sea region):
  • Of the 4 total species, 0 of these species (0%) have Baltic Sea-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 0 "Baltic Sea-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 4 total species in this region, 0 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

     Barcoding progress summary for the Baltic Sea region, out of a total of 4 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 4 species ( 100% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
      •
    • There are 12S barcodes for 4 species ( 100% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 4 species ( 100% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 0 species ( 0% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 0 species ( 0% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
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    Cetacea of the Baltic Sea
    Taxa Name

    		Taxa
    Level    		Barcode
    Data?    		Number of
    Barcodes
    from
    any ocean    		Number of
    Barcodes
    from this region    		Barcode Locations and
    Species Occurence Map    		MZGdb Atlas
    v2025-m03-01

    2025-May-05
    Cetacea Infraorder cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Infraorder    		 Total Species:   4
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  4

    Total COI-Barcodes:   229    		 Total Species:   4
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030398

    R:1:1:1:0
    ⋄   Mysticeti Superfamily cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Superfamily    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   18    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030406

    R:1:0:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   Balaenopteridae Family cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Family    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   18    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030408

    R:1:0:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   Balaenoptera Genus cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Genus    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   18    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030420

    R:1:0:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   Balaenoptera acutorostrata Species
    (1)    		 COI
    12S
    16S
    18S
    28S
    		   COI = 18
      12S = 6
      16S = 5
      18S = 0
      28S = 0
    		   COI = 0
      12S = 0
      16S = 0
      18S = 0
      28S = 0
    		 accepted
    T5030762

    R:1:0:0:0
    ⋄   Odontoceti Superfamily cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Superfamily    		 Total Species:   3
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  3

    Total COI-Barcodes:   211    		 Total Species:   3
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030405

    R:1:1:1:0
    ⋄   ⋄   Delphinidae Family cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Family    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   9    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030409

    R:1:1:1:0
    ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   Lagenorhynchus Genus cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Genus    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   9    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5032539

    R:1:0:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   Lagenorhynchus albirostris Species
    (2)    		 COI
    12S
    16S
    18S
    28S
    		   COI = 9
      12S = 4
      16S = 3
      18S = 0
      28S = 0
    		   COI = 0
      12S = 0
      16S = 0
      18S = 0
      28S = 0
    		 accepted
    T5027542

    R:1:0:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   Phocoenidae Family cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Family    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   96    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030412

    R:1:1:1:0
    ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   Phocoena Genus cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Genus    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   96    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030463

    R:1:1:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   Phocoena phocoena Species
    (3)    		 COI
    12S
    16S
    18S
    28S
    		   COI = 96
      12S = 55
      16S = 57
      18S = 0
      28S = 0
    		   COI = 0
      12S = 0
      16S = 0
      18S = 0
      28S = 0
    		 accepted
    T5032515

    R:1:1:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   Physeteridae Family cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Family    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   106    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5030413

    R:1:0:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   Physeter Genus cummulative
    sub-totals
    ------->
    for this
    Genus    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  1

    Total COI-Barcodes:   106    		 Total Species:   1
    Sp. w/COI-Barcodes:  0

    Total COI-Barcodes:   0    		 accepted
    T5032544

    R:1:0:0:0
    ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   ⋄   Physeter macrocephalus Species
    (4)    		 COI
    12S
    16S
    18S
    28S
    		   COI = 106
      12S = 91
      16S = 91
      18S = 0
      28S = 0
    		   COI = 0
      12S = 0
      16S = 0
      18S = 0
      28S = 0
    		 no map accepted
    T5033594

    R:1:0:0:0
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