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 Iphinoe trispinosa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections9
Countries3
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P313 bp consensus3 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
★ 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 type8 888 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 949
Museum / vouchered4 373
Other2 566
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 944 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit2 206
200–1000 m twilight4
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 11.1 m · max 375 m · 2 210 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 accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 047≤1 km 44≤10 km 130
1 221 georeferenced · 728 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 949
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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 51≤1 km 3≤10 km 1>10 km 15
70 georeferenced · 4 303 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 373
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 institutions7 of 32 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
925
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record
369
RWSlocation not on record
262
486location not on record
190
730location not on record
101
Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)location not on record
86
Station Biologique de Roscoff (EDMO:521)location not on record
26
DASSHlocation not on record
17
UGentlocation not on record
11
Biomorlocation not on record
9
Paris, FR
8
Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-Sur-Mer; Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologiquelocation not on record
6
Tromsø, NO
6
WMR_IMARESlocation not on record
5
CZULElocation not on record
4
Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record
4
Frankfurt am Main
4
South Kensington, GB
3
PNHSlocation not on record
3
AUTHlocation not on record
2
Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
2
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507)location not on record
2
Natural History Museum of the Iberian Peninsula - NatMIP ("Museu de História Natural da Península Ibérica")location not on record
2
Gothenburg, SE
1
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)location not on record
1
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393)location not on record
1
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
1
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Brussels, BE
1
Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, Universite de Bordeaxlocation not on record
1
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503)location not on record
1
32 institutions · 2 056 of 4 373 vouchered records shown · 92 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Iphinoe trispinosa 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 surveys2
Countries3
Verifiable raw sequence linked5
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 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 median13.1 °C 10.7–16.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.5 °C
Max temp (day)14.4 °C 11.7–17.2
Min temp (night)11.9 °C 9.00–14.9
Precipitation80.3 mm/mo 41.0–101
Air humidity63.2 % 62.6–63.7
Vapour deficit551 Pa 475–680
Cloud cover44.9 % 40.7–46.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 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 Facility4 425 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System4 463 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
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