Diplocirrus glaucus is a species of marine polychaete found in ocean bottoms often consisting of mud, sand, shells or gravel. It eats detritus and microorganisms. It is found in the Arctic, Mediterranean, and the eastern North Atlantic oceans to a depth of 750 meters.
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 Diplocirrus glaucus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens27
BINs5
Marker genes2
eDNA detections3
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus17 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. 86% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 93 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)4.8%
Haplotypes6
BINs5
Most divergent pair7.6%
EuropeOther
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-5P18S-5P
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type76 344 records
Wild obs. + sensor24 714
Museum / vouchered39 855
Other11 775
Origin
Native14
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO30 632 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit20 701
200–1000 m twilight976
1–4 km midnight42
>4 km abyssal0
median 79.2 m · max 2 227 m · 21 719 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 accuracy99% within 1 km
≤100 m 22 613≤1 km 153≤10 km 241>10 km 1
23 008 georeferenced · 1 706 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor24 714
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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 687≤1 km 823>10 km 1
1 511 georeferenced · 38 344 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence39 855
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 institutions5 of 41 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
CEFASlocation not on record
2 638
730location not on record
1 871
RWSlocation not on record
756
Bergen, NO
665
MZLUlocation not on record
307
DASSHlocation not on record
262
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record
234
Station Biologique de Roscoff (EDMO:521)location not on record
201
Stockholm, SE
171
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
151
Gothenburg, SE
150
486location not on record
140
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
133
NHMOlocation not on record
45
Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, Universite de Bordeaxlocation not on record
36
630location not on record
36
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
23
Norwegian Institute of Marine Researchlocation not on record
22
Johanna Bergkvistlocation not on record
16
Biomorlocation not on record
15
Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
14
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503)location not on record
14
PNHSlocation not on record
11
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507)location not on record
9
BioFokuslocation not on record
8
Frankfurt am Main
8
Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-Sur-Mer; Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologiquelocation not on record
7
ArCODlocation not on record
6
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record
5
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
4
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
4
CoNISMalocation not on record
3
Washington, US
2
ZSROlocation not on record
2
Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Institute for Oceanographylocation not on record
2
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
2
Maurice Lamontagne Institutelocation not on record
1
Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
1
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research-Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculturelocation not on record
1
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503)location not on record
1
University Museum of Bergen, Natural History Collectionslocation not on record
1
41 institutions · 7 978 of 39 855 vouchered records shown · 12 032 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Diplocirrus glaucus 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median7.30 °C 6.50–8.00
Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.8 °C
Max temp (day)9.00 °C 8.20–9.80
Min temp (night)4.60 °C 3.40–5.80
Precipitation81.0 mm/mo 70.0–91.9
Air humidity63.3 % 63.1–63.4
Vapour deficit408 Pa 383–433
Cloud cover52.3 % 52.2–52.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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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