Zostera noltii
Hornem. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Zostera noltii's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 557 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System4 239 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI768 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Zostera noltii is a species of seagrass known by the common name dwarf eelgrass. It is found in shallow coastal waters in north western Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Aral Sea and on islands in the Atlantic off the coast of northwest Africa. It is an important part of the intertidal and shallow subtidal ecosystems of estuaries, bays and lagoons.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Zostera noltii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds2 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diosmetin | present | LOTUS | |
| Luteolin 7-glucoside | present | LOTUS |
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 Zostera noltii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Zostera noltii 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
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).
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.
2n 1219×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · brit-fl +6
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type16 796 records
Origin
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions23 of 48 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 | 80 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 36 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 35 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 33 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 25 |
| DASSHlocation not on record | 25 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 19 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 14 |
| Uppsala, SE | 11 |
| MAlocation not on record | 9 |
| Brussel, BE | 8 |
| Clocation not on record | 8 |
| BClocation not on record | 6 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Barcelona, ES | 5 |
| Dresden, DE | 5 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| IHCantabrialocation not on record | 4 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 3 |
| Vitoria, ES | 3 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 3 |
| València, ES | 3 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 3 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Zostera noltii 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Measured at samplingin-field
Modelled climatemodelled
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.