Arctonula arctica

(M.Sars, 1851) · species

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Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Cheilostomatida/Romancheinidae/Arctonula

At a glance

Occurrence records105

Data sources6

Biological traits2

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Arctonula arctica's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility78 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System27 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS105 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Arctonula arctica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections1

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-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type105 records

Wild obs. + sensor7

Museum / vouchered80

Other18

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO264 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit12

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 52 m · max 150 m · 12 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 7 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor7

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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 15≤1 km 5≤10 km 1>10 km 1

22 georeferenced · 58 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence80

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 institutions7 of 14 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	17
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	16
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	7
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	5
Tromsø, NO	5
Bergen, NO	5
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record	4
The Atlantic reference Centrelocation not on record	2
Washington, US	1
	1
NHMOlocation not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1
New Haven, US	1
Stockholm, SE	1

14 institutions · 67 of 80 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Arctonula arctica 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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