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 Aplerotus maculatus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections5
Countries1
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus5 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)1.5%
Haplotypes2
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.2%
Where individuals differ — all 22 variable positions, in barcode order
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 type226 records
Wild obs. + sensor64
Museum / vouchered162
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO452 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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 24≤1 km 6≤10 km 2>10 km 2
34 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor64
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 accuracy5% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤10 km 57>10 km 5
65 georeferenced · 97 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence162
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 institutions2 of 6 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record
60
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record
45
Museums Victorialocation not on record
25
College Station, US
22
DPIlocation not on record
5
Sydney, AU
4
6 institutions · 161 of 162 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Aplerotus maculatus 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
open desert scrub near dunes
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 median23.6 °C 23.6–23.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.4 °C
Max temp (day)31.0 °C
Min temp (night)16.8 °C
Precipitation35.7 mm/mo
Air humidity49.7 %
Moisture balance-154 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,463 Pa
Wind speed3.20 m/s
Cloud cover18.8 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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.
