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 Sphagnum subnitens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections10
Countries7
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 glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualSphagnum subnitens 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 066 020 000 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 Sphagnum subnitens1.07 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type22 591 records
Wild obs. + sensor19 428
Museum / vouchered3 039
Other124
Origin
Native2 200
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO40 688 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 accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 7 240≤1 km 5 505≤10 km 4 953>10 km 39
17 737 georeferenced · 1 691 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor19 428
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 accuracy55% within 1 km
≤100 m 391≤1 km 489≤10 km 520>10 km 206
1 606 georeferenced · 1 433 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 039
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 institutions55 of 102 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
279
Trondheim, NO
240
Vancouver, CA
145
Durham, US
145
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
131
Olocation not on record
126
Garðabær, IS
123
Oulu, FI
107
Brussel, BE
106
Turku, FI
100
BDBClocation not on record
92
Philadelphia, US
84
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
81
TROMlocation not on record
77
Uppsala, SE
73
MAlocation not on record
68
Barcelona, ES
56
Tartu, EE
50
Bronx, US
49
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
47
Saint Louis, US
46
Christchurch, NZ
41
Tilburg, NL
40
South Kensington, GB
37
Madrid, ES
37
Frankfurt am Main
35
SZUlocation not on record
31
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
25
Helsinki, FI
24
Badajoz, ES
23
Knoxville, US
22
Madison, US
20
Paris, FR
20
Kuopio, FI
20
Monastir, TN
18
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
17
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
16
MeiseBGlocation not on record
15
CASlocation not on record
15
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
14
BRNUlocation not on record
13
University of Gdansklocation not on record
13
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
10
MHN-UPlocation not on record
9
WTUlocation not on record
9
Zürich, CH
9
Portland, US
9
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
9
Stockholm, SE
7
Oskarshamn, SE
7
Canberra, AU
7
6
Wellington, NZ
6
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
6
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
Université Lavallocation not on record
6
Cincinnati, US
6
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
5
Buenos Aires, AR
5
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
5
UAclocation not on record
5
Salamanca, ES
4
New Brunswick, US
4
Minia, EG
4
Tallinn, EE
4
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
4
GJOlocation not on record
3
Montréal, CA
3
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Universidad de Málagalocation not on record
3
Auckland, NZ
3
Dhaka, BD
3
Jyväskylä, FI
3
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
3
Metsähallituslocation not on record
3
Hobart, AU
2
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
2
PHlocation not on record
2
Porvoo, FI
2
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
2
Senckenberg Institute for Plant Form and Function at Friedrich Schiller University Jenalocation not on record
2
WINlocation not on record
2
Mount Annan, AU
2
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Salzburg, AT
1
CJBNlocation not on record
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Mus�e des Confluenceslocation not on record
1
US
1
Corvallis, US
1
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Anchorage, US
1
Edmonton, CA
1
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Victoria, CA
1
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
102 institutions · 2 935 of 3 039 vouchered records shown · 104 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA10 detections
Where the DNA of Sphagnum subnitens 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 found10
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 10 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Valley with young woodland; on open flushed …
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 median19.7 °C 14.4–25.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.50 °C
Max temp (day)21.3 °C 16.9–25.7
Min temp (night)17.3 °C 10.6–24.0
Precipitation125 mm/mo 103–146
Air humidity64.8 % 61.1–68.5
Vapour deficit910 Pa 551–1,270
Cloud cover39.2 % 29.8–48.5
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility22 591 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~1.07 Gbp↗