Calliergon richardsonii, Richardson's calliergon moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae. It has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Calliergon richardsonii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens18
Marker genes4
eDNA detections7
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.
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08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 804 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 036
Museum / vouchered768
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 600 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 accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 639≤1 km 170≤10 km 117>10 km 2
928 georeferenced · 108 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 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 accuracy33% within 1 km
≤100 m 41≤1 km 58≤10 km 118>10 km 87
304 georeferenced · 464 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence768
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 institutions19 of 39 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
LDlocation not on record
92
Vancouver, CA
91
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
90
Uppsala, SE
87
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
56
Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record
42
Durham, US
33
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
32
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
31
Knoxville, US
23
Oskarshamn, SE
19
Université Lavallocation not on record
16
Madison, US
13
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
13
Saint Louis, US
10
Christchurch, NZ
10
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
6
Göteborg, SE
5
Frankfurt am Main
5
Minia, EG
5
Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record
4
Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record
4
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
4
WINlocation not on record
4
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
3
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
3
Edmonton, CA
3
Bronx, US
3
Cincinnati, US
2
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
1
Montréal, CA
1
AASlocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
Logan, US
1
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
1
US
1
EL PASO, US
1
39 institutions · 719 of 768 vouchered records shown · 49 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Calliergon richardsonii 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 found7
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
in bog along lake shorewet cedar woods. In watershallow pools. Calcareous barrenson humus in depression at bottom of canyon, …
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 median14.9 °C 11.2–17.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter32.6 °C
Max temp (day)20.2 °C 14.5–22.7
Min temp (night)11.4 °C 7.10–13.6
Precipitation105 mm/mo 92.0–204
Air humidity59.6 % 58.8–64.6
Moisture balance-0.7 mm/mo -20.5–146
Vapour deficit684 Pa 496–807
Wind speed2.00 m/s 1.40–3.30
Cloud cover42.7 % 38.6–54.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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 Facility1 804 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics18 specimens↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗