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 disciforme has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
BINs1
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 type152 records
Wild obs. + sensor33
Museum / vouchered93
Other26
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO316 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit40
200–1000 m twilight3
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 14 m · max 312 m · 43 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 accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2
2 georeferenced · 31 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor33
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 accuracy96% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 19≤10 km 1
25 georeferenced · 68 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence93
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 institutions7 of 15 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ArcODlocation not on record
18
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record
15
CASlocation not on record
11
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
5
Washington, US
4
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
3
NHMOlocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Edmonton, CA
1
Toronto, CA
1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
Brussels, BE
1
15 institutions · 67 of 93 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Alcyonidium disciforme 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 median2.80 °C 2.80–2.80
Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.8 °C
Max temp (day)4.60 °C
Min temp (night)1.50 °C
Precipitation16.0 mm/mo
Air humidity67.2 %
Vapour deficit246 Pa
Cloud cover67.6 %
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.
