Philonotis calcarea (vernacular name: thick-nerved apple-moss) is a species of moss belonging to the family Bartramiaceae. It is native to Europe and Northern 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 Philonotis calcarea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens13
Marker genes7
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections6
Countries4
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 manualPhilonotis calcarea 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 size684 600 000 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 Philonotis calcarea0.68 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 = 12 n = 6
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
n 64×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Lobachevskaya, O. V. & S. V. Gapon. 1988. Chromosomal numbers of leafy mosses (Musci) of the Ukraine. Ukrajins'k. Bot. Žurn. 45: 49–52.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ochyra, R., E. Kuta & L. Przywara. 1985. Chromosome studies on Polish bryophytes III. Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 27: 89–105.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Arora, C. M. & S. S. Kumar. 1992. Cytological observations in some west Himalayan acrocarpous mosses. Cryptog. Bryol. Lichénol. 13: 319–326.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — RAMSAY, H.P. 1969. Cytological studies on some mosses from the British Isles. Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 62: 85-121.
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type6 193 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 056
Museum / vouchered2 075
Cultivated / captive4
Other58
Origin
Native552
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO12 680 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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 680≤1 km 898≤10 km 1 180>10 km 23
3 781 georeferenced · 275 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 056
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 accuracy30% within 1 km
≤100 m 228≤1 km 191≤10 km 825>10 km 138
1 382 georeferenced · 693 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 075
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
>10 km 4
4 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living4
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 institutions41 of 86 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
LDlocation not on record
197
Uppsala, SE
175
Oulu, FI
130
Trondheim, NO
112
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
93
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
93
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
91
BRNUlocation not on record
70
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
64
South Kensington, GB
45
Oskarshamn, SE
45
Zürich, CH
41
Tartu, EE
38
Philadelphia, US
37
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
33
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
30
Salzburg, AT
29
Frankfurt am Main
28
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
28
Metsähallituslocation not on record
26
Olocation not on record
24
MAlocation not on record
24
Knoxville, US
22
SZUlocation not on record
22
Frauenfeld, CH
22
Brussel, BE
20
Tallinn, EE
18
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
16
BDBClocation not on record
15
Stockholm, SE
13
CJBGlocation not on record
13
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
11
TROMlocation not on record
11
Durham, US
11
Turku, FI
11
MeiseBGlocation not on record
10
Kuopio, FI
9
Minia, EG
7
Göteborg, SE
7
Bourges, FR
6
GJOlocation not on record
6
Madison, US
6
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
6
Paris, FR
5
Madrid, ES
5
Saint Louis, US
5
Tilburg, NL
5
Helsinki, FI
4
Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record
4
Barcelona, ES
4
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
3
Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record
3
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
3
Salamanca, ES
3
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
3
PHlocation not on record
3
Granada, ES
2
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
2
Senckenberg Institute for Plant Form and Function at Friedrich Schiller University Jenalocation not on record
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
Vancouver, CA
2
Bronx, US
2
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
US
1
Guizhou Agricultural Collegelocation not on record
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
Porvoo, FI
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
AADClocation not on record
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record
1
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
1
Fribourg, CH
1
Mus�e des Confluenceslocation not on record
1
Cincinnati, US
1
Beijing, CN
1
Xiamen, CN
1
New Haven, US
1
CJBNlocation not on record
1
Dresden, DE
1
Universidad de Málagalocation not on record
1
nbflocation not on record
1
CBDClocation not on record
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
86 institutions · 1 803 of 2 075 vouchered records shown · 268 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Philonotis calcarea 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 found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
Exposed sandstone bank; in flushed gravel wi…
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 median-2.20 °C -2.20–12.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter43.2 °C
Max temp (day)1.70 °C 1.70–14.2
Min temp (night)-7.00 °C -7.00–7.80
Precipitation36.6 mm/mo 36.6–111
Air humidity60.4 % 60.4–63.8
Moisture balance-10.1 mm/mo -10.1–13.5
Vapour deficit364 Pa 364–510
Wind speed2.10 m/s 2.10–4.70
Cloud cover58.5 % 54.4–60.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 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 Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 193 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗