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 Agramma laetum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus5 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 3 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)0.24%
Haplotypes3
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.46%
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.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 012 records
Wild obs. + sensor669
Museum / vouchered332
Other11
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 704 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 176≤1 km 118≤10 km 345>10 km 7
646 georeferenced · 23 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor669
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 accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 19≤1 km 121≤10 km 121>10 km 1
262 georeferenced · 70 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence332
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 institutions2 of 12 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Copenhagen, DK
128
Natural History Museum, Aarhus Denmarklocation not on record
70
NHMOlocation not on record
10
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
8
CBDClocation not on record
4
Bonn, DE
3
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
3
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
2
neflocation not on record
2
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
1
MZLUlocation not on record
1
12 institutions · 234 of 332 vouchered records shown · 98 without an institution code
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