Aegires albopunctatus

MacFarland, 1905 · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Nudibranchia/Aegiridae/Aegires

At a glance

Occurrence records3 351

Data sources11

Biological traits4

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections3

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Aegires albopunctatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 284 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System67 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS3 351 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈685 Mbp

01Narrative

Aegires albopunctatus, common name salt-and-pepper doris, is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aegiridae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires albopunctatus MacFarland, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-21

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length2.3 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding4 specimens

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 Aegires albopunctatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Aegires albopunctatus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈684 506 045 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Aegires albopunctatus0.68 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 351 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 189

Museum / vouchered161

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 184 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit17

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 12.2 m · max 28 m · 17 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 308≤1 km 914≤10 km 218>10 km 488

2 928 georeferenced · 261 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 189

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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 18≤1 km 48≤10 km 42>10 km 2

110 georeferenced · 51 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence161

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 institutions3 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
CASlocation not on record	48
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	28
Los Angeles, US	10
Victoria, CA	7
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	6
Philadelphia, US	1
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record	1

7 institutions · 101 of 161 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Aegires albopunctatus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

rocky intertidal

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median16.6 °C 13.3–16.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.20 °C

Max temp (day)19.5 °C 18.6–19.5

Min temp (night)14.2 °C 9.40–14.2

Precipitation5.20 mm/mo 5.20–64.8

Air humidity65.9 % 59.1–65.9

Moisture balance-142 mm/mo -142–-59.1

Vapour deficit643 Pa 643–715

Wind speed4.00 m/s 4.00–5.40

Cloud cover26.4 % 26.4–34.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Aegires albopunctatus

At a glance

Sources11 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits1

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type3 351 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 7 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type3 351 records