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 Alpheus bellimanus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections5
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 type214 records
Wild obs. + sensor5
Museum / vouchered209
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO396 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit67
200–1000 m twilight1
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 37 m · max 256 m · 68 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>10 km 1
3 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5
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 accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 80≤1 km 30≤10 km 24>10 km 4
138 georeferenced · 71 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence209
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 institutions5 of 12 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Los Angeles, US
47
Washington, US
14
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis - Invemarlocation not on record
12
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
10
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record
9
CASlocation not on record
8
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
6
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
6
Puerto Ayora, EC
3
Mexico City, MX
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja Californialocation not on record
1
1
12 institutions · 118 of 209 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Alpheus bellimanus 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 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 median16.6 °C 16.6–16.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.20 °C
Max temp (day)19.5 °C
Min temp (night)14.2 °C
Precipitation5.20 mm/mo
Air humidity65.9 %
Moisture balance-142 mm/mo
Vapour deficit643 Pa
Wind speed4.00 m/s
Cloud cover26.4 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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.
