Alcyonidium diaphanum

(Hudson, 1778) · species

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Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Alcyonidiidae/Alcyonidium

At a glance

Occurrence records34 219

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens7

eDNA detections1

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Alcyonidium diaphanum's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility15 593 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System18 626 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 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 · OBIS34 219 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens

01Narrative

De bruine zeevinger is een mosdiertjessoort uit de familie van de Alcyonidiidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is, als Ulva diaphana, voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1778 door Hudson. De soort komt algemeen voor in de noord-Europese kusten, inclusief de Britse Eilanden.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max80 m

Depth min10 m

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 Alcyonidium diaphanum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens7

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries3

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 type34 219 records

Wild obs. + sensor17 212

Museum / vouchered13 665

Other3 342

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO21 292 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit13 437

200–1000 m twilight8

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 19.8 m · max 420 m · 13 445 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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 12 765≤1 km 46≤10 km 80

12 891 georeferenced · 4 321 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17 212

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 115≤1 km 1

116 georeferenced · 13 549 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence13 665

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 18 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
CEFASlocation not on record	2 021
730location not on record	147
Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)location not on record	95
DASSHlocation not on record	94
Gothenburg, SE	69
RWSlocation not on record	37
ArCODlocation not on record	18
PNHSlocation not on record	8
South Kensington, GB	4
Frankfurt am Main	3
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)location not on record	2
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museumlocation not on record	1
486location not on record	1
Norwegian Institute of Marine Researchlocation not on record	1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record	1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	1
NHMOlocation not on record	1
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	1

18 institutions · 2 505 of 13 665 vouchered records shown · 216 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Alcyonidium diaphanum 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 median6.80 °C 6.80–6.80

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.60 °C

Max temp (day)8.00 °C

Min temp (night)5.00 °C

Precipitation87.9 mm/mo

Air humidity63.6 %

Vapour deficit359 Pa

Cloud cover55.0 %

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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Alcyonidium diaphanum

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type34 219 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 18 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type34 219 records