Cetrelia chicitae is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in eastern Asia, North America, and Europe, where it grows on mossy rocks and tree trunks.
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 Cetrelia chicitae has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes2
eDNA detections9
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.
★ITS★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualCetrelia chicitae 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 size≈33 271 660 bp assembly estimate
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
THIS GENOME Cetrelia chicitae0.03 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
07Deep time~9.77 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin9.77 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 219 records
Wild obs. + sensor82
Museum / vouchered1 131
Other6
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 992 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 accuracy44% within 1 km
≤100 m 16≤1 km 11≤10 km 15>10 km 20
62 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor82
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 accuracy42% within 1 km
≤100 m 9≤1 km 41≤10 km 62>10 km 7
119 georeferenced · 1 012 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 131
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 institutions31 of 54 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
442
St. Paul, US
114
Durham, US
73
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
54
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
51
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
42
Madison, US
40
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
30
ASUlocation not on record
26
ILLSlocation not on record
26
PHlocation not on record
15
Philadelphia, US
14
LDlocation not on record
14
US
13
Knoxville, US
10
Chapel Hill, US
10
Wuzhou, CN
10
MeiseBGlocation not on record
9
Berlin, DE
9
Ann Arbor, US
8
Université Lavallocation not on record
8
Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
7
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
7
Chicago, US
7
Clemson, US
6
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
6
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
6
University of Gdansklocation not on record
6
Stockholm, SE
6
Uppsala, SE
5
GZUlocation not on record
5
FLASlocation not on record
5
Vancouver, CA
4
Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukubalocation not on record
3
University of Manitobalocation not on record
3
San Sebastián, ES
3
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
3
US
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Fort Hayslocation not on record
2
College Park, US
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Bando, JP
2
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
2
HAWlocation not on record
1
Odawara, JP
1
Boise, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Burlington, US
1
New Haven, US
1
ULBF-AGRlocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
Durham, US
1
Salzburg, AT
1
54 institutions · 1 126 of 1 131 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Cetrelia chicitae 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 found9
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 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 median26.6 °C 26.6–26.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.20 °C
Max temp (day)27.4 °C
Min temp (night)25.8 °C
Precipitation360 mm/mo
Air humidity63.5 %
Vapour deficit1,267 Pa
Cloud cover42.1 %
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 219 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗