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 Anostirus castaneus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens17
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections27
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus16 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 93% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 48 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)1.2%
Haplotypes10
BINs2
Most divergent pair5.9%
EuropeAsia
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ 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 type2 354 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 707
Museum / vouchered625
Cultivated / captive3
Fossil2
Other17
Origin
Native55
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 740 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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 624≤1 km 369≤10 km 471>10 km 28
1 492 georeferenced · 215 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 707
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 accuracy61% within 1 km
≤100 m 179≤1 km 160≤10 km 196>10 km 24
559 georeferenced · 66 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence625
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without
Open the mapnot free-living3
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 institutions18 of 45 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
129
Olocation not on record
49
Trondheim, NO
48
NHMOlocation not on record
39
Helsinki, FI
34
MZLUlocation not on record
19
Tartu, EE
17
Metsähallituslocation not on record
17
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
14
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
14
Tallinn, EE
13
Kuopio, FI
12
Jyväskylä, FI
10
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
10
BioFokuslocation not on record
8
Copenhagen, DK
7
neflocation not on record
7
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
6
Tilburg, NL
5
NMOKlocation not on record
5
Tromsø, NO
5
LSMlocation not on record
5
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
5
Fribourg, CH
4
Philadelphia, US
4
Zürich, CH
4
Bern, CH
4
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
3
Department of Molecular Biodiversity, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
2
Musée de l'Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernardlocation not on record
2
TMPMlocation not on record
2
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
2
ZSMlocation not on record
2
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
Oulu, FI
1
Paris, FR
1
Salzburg, AT
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
45 institutions · 523 of 625 vouchered records shown · 102 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA27 detections
Where the DNA of Anostirus castaneus 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 surveys2
Countries6
Verifiable raw sequence linked11
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 27 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
tien varren kasvillisuudessaGartenForest
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 median11.2 °C 7.90–14.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.0 °C
Max temp (day)15.4 °C 11.4–18.6
Min temp (night)7.00 °C 4.30–10.4
Precipitation65.6 mm/mo 41.6–88.9
Air humidity59.9 % 57.1–62.4
Moisture balance-38.1 mm/mo -60.1–-8.30
Vapour deficit570 Pa 464–667
Wind speed3.70 m/s 2.60–4.40
Cloud cover43.8 % 33.3–51.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 25 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 354 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI27 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics17 specimens↗
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