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 vitrina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
BINs2
Marker genes1
Countries3
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus3 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. 86% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)9.5%
Haplotypes2
BINs2
Most divergent pair14.1%
Where individuals differ — all 93 variable positions, in barcode order
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.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type425 records
Wild obs. + sensor353
Museum / vouchered34
Other38
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO972 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit27
200–1000 m twilight1
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 15 m · max 235 m · 28 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 accuracy79% within 1 km
≤100 m 194≤1 km 56≤10 km 65>10 km 2
317 georeferenced · 36 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor353
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 accuracy71% within 1 km
≤1 km 10≤10 km 2>10 km 2
14 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence34
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 5 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
DASSHlocation not on record
8
Gothenburg, SE
1
Washington, US
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
5 institutions · 12 of 34 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
