Aequorea victoria

(Murbach & Shearer, 1902) · species

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Animalia/Cnidaria/Hydrozoa/Leptothecata/Aequoreidae/Aequorea

At a glance

Occurrence records3 716

Data sources11

Biological traits4

DNA specimens7

eDNA detections128

Sources11 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 414 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 302 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI128 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 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 716 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 1 countries128 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈875 Mbp

01Narrative

Aequorea victoria, also sometimes called the crystal jelly, is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa, that is found off the west coast of North America. The species is best known as the source of two proteins involved in bioluminescence, aequorin, a photoprotein, and green fluorescent protein (GFP). Their discoverers, Osamu Shimomura and colleagues, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on GFP.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length7 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding7 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 victoria has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens7

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections128

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-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Aequorea victoria 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≈874 912 576 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 Aequorea victoria0.87 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 716 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 950

Museum / vouchered1 750

Fossil5

Other11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO5 408 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1 088

200–1000 m twilight67

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 88.6 m · max 539.5 m · 1 155 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 accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 166≤1 km 284≤10 km 98>10 km 76

1 624 georeferenced · 326 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 950

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 1 749 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 750

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 institutions4 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Victoria, CA	7
Washington, US	3
Royal British Columbia Museumlocation not on record	3
Edmonton, CA	2
New Haven, US	1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record	1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Florida Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoologylocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 20 of 1 750 vouchered records shown · 512 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA128 detections

Where the DNA of Aequorea victoria 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 found128

Studies independent surveys2

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 128 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Measured at samplingin-field

Temperature23.1 °C 12.8–31.9

pH8.03 7.80–8.09

Conductivity51,086 µS/cm 40,994–61,832

Salinity35.4 PSU 32.8–35.9

Dissolved oxygen7.64 mg/L 5.50–9.16

Turbidity0.612 NTU 0.02–73.0

Nitrate0.7 µmol/L 0.1–9.50

Depth10.0 m 0–100

PelagicCoastal water

126 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median21.1 °C 14.4–27.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.60 °C

Max temp (day)21.8 °C 15.8–30.2

Min temp (night)19.6 °C 13.2–26.3

Precipitation55.4 mm/mo 19.8–144

Air humidity59.6 % 56.3–62.7

Vapour deficit1,001 Pa 685–1,493

Cloud cover32.7 % 20.2–48.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 127 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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Aequorea victoria

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 716 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions4 of 9 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Measured at samplingin-field

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type3 716 records