A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Acrotrichis fascicularis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens50
BINs2
Marker genes15
Countries4
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P656 bp consensus4 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 84% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 108 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)8.4%
Haplotypes4
BIN1
Most divergent pair16.2%
Europe
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 258≤1 km 150≤10 km 205
613 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor623
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 99≤1 km 158≤10 km 110>10 km 19
386 georeferenced · 156 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence542
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions11 of 28 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bonn, DE
105
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
83
Helsinki, FI
42
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
27
Tilburg, NL
27
Tallinn, EE
26
Olocation not on record
23
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
19
Salzburg, AT
15
NHMOlocation not on record
15
Kuopio, FI
13
Trondheim, NO
10
LSMlocation not on record
10
CBDClocation not on record
9
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
8
MZLUlocation not on record
7
Metsähallituslocation not on record
6
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
5
Tromsø, NO
4
Tartu, EE
4
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
4
South Kensington, GB
3
neflocation not on record
2
ZSMlocation not on record
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
1
University of Oulu, Zoological Museumlocation not on record
1
28 institutions · 472 of 542 vouchered records shown · 70 without an institution code
