Alcyonidium gelatinosum

(Linnaeus, 1761) · species

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Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Alcyonidiidae/Alcyonidium

At a glance

Occurrence records4 913

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens21

eDNA detections1 333

Sources7 archives

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

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 279 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 634 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 333 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics21 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.

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS4 913 records

Environmental DNA5 datasets · 2 countries1 333 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD21 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max1 580 m

Depth min1 m

05DNA & barcoding21 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 gelatinosum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens21

BINs3

Marker genes2

eDNA detections1 333

Countries5

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-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 913 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 588

Museum / vouchered2 719

Other606

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO6 484 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit987

200–1000 m twilight60

1–4 km midnight2

>4 km abyssal0

median 13.3 m · max 1 500 m · 1 049 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 004≤1 km 74≤10 km 152>10 km 1

1 231 georeferenced · 357 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 588

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 285≤1 km 71≤10 km 11>10 km 2

369 georeferenced · 2 350 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 719

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 institutions15 of 37 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	228
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	45
DASSHlocation not on record	29
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record	27
Gothenburg, SE	25
PNHSlocation not on record	17
Brussels, BE	14
CEFASlocation not on record	12
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	11
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	11
Citadel Hill, GB	10
South Kensington, GB	9
Washington, US	8
Edmonton, CA	7
Bergen, NO	6
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	5
730location not on record	4
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoologylocation not on record	4
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)location not on record	3
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record	3
Helsinki, FI	3
NHMOlocation not on record	3
Norwegian Institute of Marine Researchlocation not on record	3
486location not on record	3
Tilburg, NL	2
CASlocation not on record	2
	2
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museumlocation not on record	2
Maurice Lamontagne Institutelocation not on record	2
Tromsø, NO	2
The Atlantic reference Centrelocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
New Haven, US	1
University Museum of Bergen, Natural History Collectionslocation not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1
Toronto, CA	1
MZLUlocation not on record	1

37 institutions · 509 of 2 719 vouchered records shown · 378 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 333 detections

Where the DNA of Alcyonidium gelatinosum 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 333

Studies independent surveys5

Countries2

Verifiable raw sequence linked1 331

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 333 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

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 median6.60 °C -11.2–14.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter35.6 °C

Max temp (day)9.60 °C -8.80–17.7

Min temp (night)4.00 °C -13.3–12.7

Precipitation89.4 mm/mo 32.4–116

Air humidity62.0 % 60.3–69.7

Moisture balance29.6 mm/mo

Vapour deficit382 Pa 78.7–597

Wind speed4.20 m/s

Cloud cover51.2 % 45.9–61.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 332 detection points · 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 gelatinosum

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type4 913 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions15 of 37 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type4 913 records