Distichium capillaceum
(Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Distichium capillaceum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility15 709 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI18 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics50 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Distichium capillaceum is a species of moss belonging to the family Ditrichaceae. It has cosmopolitan distribution.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat & environment1
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 Distichium capillaceum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Distichium capillaceum 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
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).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
n 145×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · Cave1956supp
n 71×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 131×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
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.
Record type15 709 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions88 of 169 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Vancouver, CA | 1 105 |
| Trondheim, NO | 760 |
| Bronx, US | 597 |
| Oulu, FI | 277 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 264 |
| Garðabær, IS | 256 |
| LDlocation not on record | 251 |
| Saint Louis, US | 223 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 215 |
| Knoxville, US | 211 |
| Durham, US | 208 |
| Kuopio, FI | 205 |
| CASlocation not on record | 202 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 196 |
| Helsinki, FI | 189 |
| AASlocation not on record | 185 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 175 |
| Uppsala, SE | 174 |
| Olocation not on record | 160 |
| Zürich, CH | 151 |
| Edmonton, CA | 148 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 131 |
| Madison, US | 121 |
| Universitat Autònoma de Barcelonalocation not on record | 119 |
| Stockholm, SE | 118 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 99 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 96 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 96 |
| Chicago, US | 89 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 85 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 83 |
| AADClocation not on record | 81 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 80 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 79 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 77 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 74 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 71 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 71 |
| 57 | |
| British Antarctic Surveylocation not on record | 54 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 53 |
| Beijing, CN | 52 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 50 |
| Tartu, EE | 43 |
| Wellington, NZ | 41 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 41 |
| Salzburg, AT | 37 |
| Canberra, AU | 35 |
| New Haven, US | 35 |
| Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record | 34 |
| St. Paul, US | 33 |
| Philadelphia, US | 33 |
| La Paz, BO | 32 |
| South Kensington, GB | 32 |
| Anchorage, US | 31 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 30 |
| Turku, FI | 30 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 30 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 30 |
| Montréal, CA | 28 |
| MAlocation not on record | 28 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 28 |
| PHlocation not on record | 26 |
| Minia, EG | 24 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 24 |
| Universidad de Málagalocation not on record | 21 |
| Missoula, US | 19 |
| WINlocation not on record | 19 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 19 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 19 |
| Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record | 17 |
| Tallinn, EE | 17 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 17 |
| Slovak National Museumlocation not on record | 17 |
| Göteborg, SE | 17 |
| US | 16 |
| Cincinnati, US | 15 |
| San Jose, US | 15 |
| Paris, FR | 15 |
| Mexico City, MX | 15 |
| Corvallis, US | 14 |
| Australian Antarctic Divisionlocation not on record | 12 |
| Henderson, US | 12 |
| Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record | 12 |
| Logan, US | 11 |
| Hiroshima Universitylocation not on record | 11 |
| Toronto, CA | 10 |
| Brisbane, AU | 10 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 9 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record | 9 |
| Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record | 9 |
| Portland, US | 8 |
| Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record | 8 |
| Hobart, AU | 8 |
| Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record | 8 |
| nbflocation not on record | 8 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 8 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 7 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 6 |
| NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record | 6 |
| Denver, US | 6 |
| Moscow, US | 6 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 6 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 6 |
| Madrid, ES | 6 |
| Bourges, FR | 5 |
| Kunming, CN | 5 |
| Tilburg, NL | 5 |
| Davis, US | 5 |
| Porvoo, FI | 5 |
| Northridge, US | 5 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 5 |
| University of Gdansklocation not on record | 5 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 4 |
| Dhaka, BD | 4 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 4 |
| Granada, ES | 4 |
| Barcelona, ES | 4 |
| Albuquerque, US | 4 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 4 |
| Brussel, BE | 4 |
| Claremont, US | 4 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 4 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 4 |
| UChlocation not on record | 4 |
| Ulocation not on record | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| Fribourg, CH | 3 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 3 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 3 |
| COLlocation not on record | 3 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 3 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 2 |
| Salamanca, ES | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| College Park, US | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 2 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Lincoln, US | 2 |
| Durango, MX | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| MFMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 1 |
| Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Forssa, FI | 1 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Distichium capillaceum 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.