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 Aiptasiomorpha texaensis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type32 records
Wild obs. + sensor12
Museum / vouchered20
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO32 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit1
200–1000 m twilight0
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 2.4 m · max 2.4 m · 1 record 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 accuracy0% within 1 km
>10 km 1
1 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor12
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 accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 20 records without
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence20
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 institutions1 of 3 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Washington, US
4
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institutelocation not on record
3
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record
1
3 institutions · 8 of 20 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Aiptasiomorpha texaensis 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median21.5 °C 21.5–21.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.90 °C
Max temp (day)22.6 °C
Min temp (night)20.5 °C
Precipitation43.8 mm/mo
Air humidity61.3 %
Moisture balance-95.0 mm/mo
Vapour deficit987 Pa
Wind speed5.60 m/s
Cloud cover36.3 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
