Alaria alata

(Goeze, 1782) Krause, 1914 · species

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Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Diplostomida/Diplostomidae/Alaria

At a glance

Occurrence records974

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens54

eDNA detections27

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Alaria alata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility974 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI27 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics54 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF974 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries27 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD54 specimens

01Narrative

Alaria alata ist ein parasitisch lebender Saugwurm. Endwirte sind vor allem Hundeartige, seltener auch Katzen, bei denen er im Dünndarm parasitiert. Seine Ruheform, die Metazerkarie, wird auch als Duncker-Muskelegel bezeichnet. Als Transportwirte für diese Larve dienen viele landlebende Wirbeltiere einschließlich des Menschen, wobei auch eine Übertragung zwischen Transportwirten erfolgen kann (paratenischer Wirtswechsel). Der Befall mit dem Duncker-Muskelegel ist damit als Zoonose einzustufen. Die Metazerkarien besiedeln das Muskelgewebe und angrenzende Fett- und Bindegewebe des Zwischenwirts.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding54 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 Alaria alata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens54

BINs1

Marker genes5

eDNA detections27

Countries7

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-3P★COI-5P18S18S-5PCYTB

animal barcoderibosomalmitochondrial

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type974 records

Wild obs. + sensor697

Museum / vouchered268

Other9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO404 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 695≤10 km 1

696 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor697

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 237≤10 km 1

238 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence268

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 4 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
University of Guelphlocation not on record	25
Washington, US	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservationlocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 30 of 268 vouchered records shown · 238 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA27 detections

Where the DNA of Alaria alata 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 found27

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 27 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

Undisturbed River

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 median24.8 °C 24.8–24.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.20 °C

Max temp (day)29.2 °C

Min temp (night)20.7 °C

Precipitation198 mm/mo

Air humidity66.1 %

Moisture balance31.2 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,057 Pa

Wind speed1.50 m/s

Cloud cover68.9 %

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.

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