Aequorea macrodactyla

(Brandt, 1835) · species

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Animalia/Cnidaria/Hydrozoa/Leptothecata/Aequoreidae/Aequorea

At a glance

Occurrence records315

Data sources9

Biological traits7

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections4

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aequorea macrodactyla's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility180 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System135 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS315 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Aequorea macrodactyla is a species of hydrozoan in the family Aequoreidae. It was first described by Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1835.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length7.5 cm

Habitat & environment3

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic

Other traits3

Depth max200 m

Depth min0 m

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 Aequorea macrodactyla has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections4

Countries2

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type315 records

Wild obs. + sensor201

Museum / vouchered113

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO624 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit74

200–1000 m twilight28

1–4 km midnight7

>4 km abyssal1

median 100 m · max 4 963 m · 110 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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 175≤10 km 1

177 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor201

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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 29≤10 km 6>10 km 1

42 georeferenced · 71 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence113

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 institutions8 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	20
Washington, US	19
Ciudad de México, MX	6
ARMS-MBONlocation not on record	4
Cambridge, US	4
Paris, FR	4
Barcelona, ES	3
Brussels, BE	3
Sydney, AU	3
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	3
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institutelocation not on record	2
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	1
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	1
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 74 of 113 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Aequorea macrodactyla 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Verifiable raw sequence linked4

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

Marine Protected Area; protected; 9.2 - Subt…Marina; semi-industrial; 9.2 - Subtidal Rock…Industrial port; industrial; 9.4 - Subtidal …

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 median15.2 °C 14.2–16.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.60 °C

Max temp (day)16.5 °C 15.6–19.4

Min temp (night)13.2 °C 13.0–14.3

Precipitation52.4 mm/mo 49.8–68.9

Air humidity65.2 % 63.1–65.8

Moisture balance-79.2 mm/mo -81.2–-72.6

Vapour deficit593 Pa 565–698

Wind speed5.30 m/s 3.90–5.30

Cloud cover42.0 % 39.2–42.8

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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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