Table 1 Number of sequenced specimens, genera, species and the corresponding BINs per phylum included in the GEANS reference library.

From: A taxonomically reliable DNA barcode reference library for North Sea macrobenthos

Phylum

Collected species

Barcoded specimens

Barcoded genera

Barcoded species

BINs

Annelida

217

358 (312)

95

126/20

133

Arthropoda

304

1886 (562)

158

246/19

268

Brachiopoda

1

0

0

0

0

Bryozoa

21

35 (33)

12

13/2

15

Chaetognatha

1

1 (1)

1

1/0

1

Chordata

18

61 (56)

15

17/1

22

Cnidaria

67

138 (129)

53

58/10

58

Ctenophora

2

1 (0)

1

1/0

1

Echinodermata

44

394 (78)

34

40/2

44

Entoprocta

1

1 (1)

1

1/0

1

Mollusca

235

1083 (497)

154

199/6

204

Nemertea

5

11 (11)

6

5/0

5

Phoronida

2

6 (6)

1

2/2

2

Platyhelminthes

2

2 (2)

1

1/0

1

Porifera

9

27 (26)

4

4/0

8

Priapulida

1

1 (1)

1

1/0

1

Total number

930

4005 (1714)

537

715/62

764

  1. In the parenthesis are given the number of specimens barcoded during the GEANS project, while the number of species barcoded for the first time per phylum are indicated in bold.