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 Aphonus tridentatus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections2
Countries2
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 type105 records
Wild obs. + sensor3
Museum / vouchered102
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO220 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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 2
3 georeferenced
Open the mapobservation + sensor3
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 accuracy33% within 1 km
≤100 m 4≤1 km 13≤10 km 12>10 km 23
52 georeferenced · 50 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence102
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 9 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
15
OSUClocation not on record
15
Lexington, US
15
Toronto, CA
10
University Park, US
5
Decorah, US
3
ASUlocation not on record
3
Paris, FR
1
CUlocation not on record
1
9 institutions · 68 of 102 vouchered records shown · 34 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Aphonus tridentatus 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 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 median17.4 °C 17.4–17.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter34.2 °C
Max temp (day)23.4 °C
Min temp (night)12.8 °C
Precipitation94.8 mm/mo
Air humidity58.0 %
Moisture balance-29.5 mm/mo
Vapour deficit835 Pa
Wind speed2.40 m/s
Cloud cover47.0 %
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.
