Araniella displicata, the sixspotted orbweaver, is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in North America, Europe, a range from Russia to Kazakhstan, China, Korea, and Japan.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Buchar & Růžička 2002Gajdoš & Svatoň 2001SLU 2020Staręga et al. 2001Henriksen & Hilmo 2015Harvey et al. 2017Gajdoš et al. 2014Liste France 2018Hyvärinen et al. 2019Martin 2012Kielhorn 2017Finch 2004Buchholz et al. 2011Hiebsch & Tolke 1996Sacher & Platen 2004Lemke et al. 2013Blick & Scheidler 2004Blick et al. 2016Řezáč et al. 2015Maelfait et al. 1998Nentwig et al. 2018Cardoso et al. 2011
Morphometry1
Body length♀8.5·♂4.25 mm
Predation1
Hunting guildorb web weavers
Ecology4
Light 2partly shaded
Moisture 2semi-humid
Regional IUCN Red List categoryLeast Concern (LC)
Regional non-IUCN Red List categoryLeast Concern (*)
05DNA & barcoding291 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 Araniella displicata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens291
BINs5
Marker genes1
eDNA detections282
Countries5
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus247 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. 96% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 29 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)2.1%
Haplotypes24
BINs5
Most divergent pair5.9%
N.AmericaAsiaEurope
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
Organelle genome
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
▸ Tap any coloured segment — or a gene chip — to see what it is
◖ violet arc = the COI-5P barcode — the ~650 bp read used to ID this species
Pick a coloured segment on the ring — or a gene chip — to read what that gene does.
protein-codingrRNAtRNA
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualAraniella displicata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size2 298 300 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Araniella displicata2.3 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type7 859 records
Wild obs. + sensor7 036
Museum / vouchered819
Other4
Origin
Native6
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO23 168 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 accuracy79% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 522≤1 km 1 007≤10 km 623>10 km 603
5 755 georeferenced · 1 281 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor7 036
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 accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 69≤1 km 39≤10 km 107>10 km 21
236 georeferenced · 583 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence819
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 institutions22 of 46 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
142
Denver, US
118
Cambridge, US
86
Edmonton, CA
59
Ohio State University Acarology Laboratorylocation not on record
22
Champaign, US
21
Helsinki, FI
21
Ekaterinburg, RU
12
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
11
Brussels, BE
11
Chicago, US
9
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
7
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
7
Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record
5
KIBSlocation not on record
4
Biodiversity Institute of Ontariolocation not on record
4
Frankfurt am Main
4
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
4
Washington, US
3
RMZlocation not on record
3
3
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
3
US
3
Saint John, CA
3
Cincinnati, US
2
Tilburg, NL
2
ARTlocation not on record
2
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record
2
NSMKlocation not on record
2
Bonn, DE
2
Stockholm, SE
1
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE) UB RASlocation not on record
1
SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
1
Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record
1
San Francisco, US
1
Universite de Montpellierlocation not on record
1
University of Alaska Museumlocation not on record
1
SOVTlocation not on record
1
Awka, NG
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
University of Toronto, Scarboroughlocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
46 institutions · 594 of 819 vouchered records shown · 225 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA282 detections
Where the DNA of Araniella displicata 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 found282
Studies independent surveys3
Countries5
Verifiable raw sequence linked12
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median14.1 °C 8.90–18.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.4 °C
Max temp (day)19.2 °C 13.2–22.7
Min temp (night)9.20 °C 4.70–14.1
Precipitation90.5 mm/mo 58.4–147
Air humidity58.7 % 53.0–64.1
Moisture balance-18.5 mm/mo -66.3–49.1
Vapour deficit667 Pa 462–838
Wind speed2.90 m/s 2.00–5.10
Cloud cover42.8 % 35.3–55.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 273 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 859 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI282 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics291 specimens↗
World Spider Trait DBMasaryk University6 traits · 22 refs↗
World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~2.30 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗