Splachnum sphaericum, also known as pinkstink dung moss, is a species of moss. This species occurs in North America. It also occurs in upland Britain, where it is known as round-fruited collar-moss and in north temperate and boreal regions of Europe. Its habitat is bog and wet heathland where it grows on herbivore dung. This and other Splachnum species are entomophilous. The sporophytes, which are generally coloured red or black, produce an odour of carrion that is attractive to flies and the spores are dispersed by flies to fresh dung.J. R. Vaizey (1890) On the Morphology of the Sporophyte of Splachnum luteum. Annals of Botany 1, 1-8.
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 Splachnum sphaericum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections3
Countries2
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.
★rbcL1★trnL-F★ITS1★ITS2trnH-psbA
plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualSplachnum sphaericum 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 size234 720 000 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
THIS GENOME Splachnum sphaericum0.23 Gb
INSECT0.25 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
n 121×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — INOUE, s. 1974. Chromosome studies in some Alaskan mosses. Misc. Bryol. Lichenol. 6(10): 177-279.
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.
Assembly levelChromosome
Completeness85.5% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 708 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 695
Museum / vouchered2 012
Other1
Origin
Native469
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 968 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 accuracy65% within 1 km
≤100 m 509≤1 km 555≤10 km 575>10 km 6
1 645 georeferenced · 50 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 695
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 accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 165≤1 km 259≤10 km 464>10 km 194
1 082 georeferenced · 930 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 012
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 institutions42 of 85 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
326
LDlocation not on record
220
Oskarshamn, SE
219
Uppsala, SE
129
Olocation not on record
81
Bronx, US
80
Vancouver, CA
80
Garðabær, IS
60
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
57
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
48
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
38
Durham, US
34
Frankfurt am Main
31
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
31
Knoxville, US
27
Kuopio, FI
23
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
20
WTUlocation not on record
20
TROMlocation not on record
19
Madison, US
18
Stockholm, SE
16
Zürich, CH
13
CASlocation not on record
13
Helsinki, FI
12
Metsähallituslocation not on record
10
SZUlocation not on record
10
Ann Arbor, US
10
Salzburg, AT
10
Edmonton, CA
9
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
9
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
8
Saint Louis, US
8
Université Lavallocation not on record
8
CJBGlocation not on record
8
Oulu, FI
8
Cincinnati, US
7
Göteborg, SE
7
Tallinn, EE
6
Montréal, CA
6
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
6
Turku, FI
6
AADClocation not on record
5
Bourges, FR
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
5
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
5
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
5
GJOlocation not on record
4
Davis, US
4
South Kensington, GB
4
CBDClocation not on record
4
Anchorage, US
3
Philadelphia, US
3
Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record
3
Lincoln, US
3
nbflocation not on record
3
Jyväskylä, FI
3
Tartu, EE
2
Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record
2
US
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Paris, FR
2
PHlocation not on record
2
Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record
2
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
2
Porvoo, FI
2
St. Paul, US
2
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
UNINE:NEUlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
1
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Minia, EG
1
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record
1
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Corvallis, US
1
WINlocation not on record
1
University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
85 institutions · 1 857 of 2 012 vouchered records shown · 155 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Splachnum sphaericum 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Growing on dung in a heather meadow, steep w…Open heathery hillside; growing among Callun…
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 median10.0 °C 9.60–10.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.90 °C
Max temp (day)12.4 °C 11.3–13.5
Min temp (night)6.90 °C 6.40–7.40
Precipitation183 mm/mo 115–251
Air humidity69.9 % 66.9–72.9
Moisture balance103 mm/mo 25.7–180
Vapour deficit371 Pa 326–416
Wind speed4.20 m/s 2.70–5.80
Cloud cover47.1 % 42.2–51.9
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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 708 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 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↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗