Hookeria lucens, the shining hookeria, is a species of moss in the family Hookeriaceae. It is native to Europe, east to the Caucasus, Turkey and China, as well as Scandinavia and the Faeroe Islands and western North America.
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 Hookeria lucens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens18
Marker genes7
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections13
Countries6
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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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06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualHookeria lucens 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 size1 657 221 000 bp
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
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Hookeria lucens1.66 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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.
Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Newton, M. E. 1989. A practical guide to bryophyte chromosomes. Brit. Bryol. Soc. Special Vol. 2: 1–19.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — SMITH, A.J.E., & M.E. NEWTON. 1968. Chromosome studies on some British and Irish mosses. III. Trans. Brit. Bryol. Soc. 5: 463-522.
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Inoue & Himeno 1977
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Inoue & Hime no 1978
07Deep time~50.2 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 origin50.2 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 type13 602 records
Wild obs. + sensor11 988
Museum / vouchered1 586
Other28
Origin
Native2 171
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO30 788 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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 537≤1 km 4 331≤10 km 2 552>10 km 68
11 488 georeferenced · 500 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor11 988
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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 228≤1 km 171≤10 km 595>10 km 99
1 093 georeferenced · 493 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 586
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 institutions46 of 90 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Trondheim, NO
219
Vancouver, CA
155
Olocation not on record
97
SZUlocation not on record
87
Bronx, US
74
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
71
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
66
WTUlocation not on record
60
LDlocation not on record
40
Frankfurt am Main
32
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
30
South Kensington, GB
29
CASlocation not on record
28
Knoxville, US
28
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
26
Zürich, CH
26
MAlocation not on record
26
Uppsala, SE
21
Moscow, US
20
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
20
Madison, US
16
Oskarshamn, SE
13
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
13
MHN-UPlocation not on record
11
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
11
Madrid, ES
10
Saint Louis, US
10
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
10
New Haven, US
9
Portland, US
9
PHlocation not on record
9
Durham, US
8
KSZGlocation not on record
8
CBDClocation not on record
8
Chicago, US
8
Brussel, BE
7
BDBClocation not on record
7
nbflocation not on record
7
Stockholm, SE
6
TROMlocation not on record
6
Salzburg, AT
6
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
5
Paris, FR
5
Bourges, FR
5
Minia, EG
5
Göteborg, SE
5
State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record
4
Ann Arbor, US
4
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
4
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
3
Cincinnati, US
3
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
3
Barcelona, ES
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Universität Basel, Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Tilburg, NL
3
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
BISHlocation not on record
2
Northridge, US
2
Glocation not on record
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
Victoria, CA
2
Lausanne, CH
2
Frauenfeld, CH
2
Edmonton, CA
2
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
2
GJOlocation not on record
2
Honolulu, US
2
University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Toronto, CA
2
Dresden, DE
1
Xiamen, CN
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
St. Paul, US
1
NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Málagalocation not on record
1
Oulu, FI
1
Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record
1
Lincoln, US
1
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
1
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
1
Fribourg, CH
1
Granada, ES
1
Salamanca, ES
1
Mus�e des Confluenceslocation not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
90 institutions · 1 459 of 1 586 vouchered records shown · 126 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA13 detections
Where the DNA of Hookeria lucens 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 found13
Studies independent surveys2
Countries4
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 13 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 countries0
Open moorland valley. Shady crevice in cragsRich soil substrate on streambank between ro…
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 median8.60 °C 5.50–11.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.8 °C
Max temp (day)10.4 °C 7.90–13.4
Min temp (night)5.30 °C 1.10–10.2
Precipitation95.0 mm/mo 87.4–203
Air humidity66.0 % 63.5–68.9
Moisture balance27.2 mm/mo -5.00–109
Vapour deficit416 Pa 297–467
Wind speed4.70 m/s 3.40–6.70
Cloud cover49.7 % 43.5–51.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 602 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics18 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗