Acanthella acuta

Schmidt, 1862 · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Bubarida/Dictyonellidae/Acanthella

At a glance

Occurrence records2 307

Data sources9

Biological traits0

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections4

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Acanthella acuta's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 271 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System36 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS37 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS2 307 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Acanthella acuta est une espèce de spongiaires de la famille des Dictyonellidés.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

03Chemical composition37 compounds

Compounds documented for Acanthella acuta across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Methyl xanthones4

Naphthalenes and derivatives4

Carotenoids (C40, β-β)3

Arylnaphthalene and aryltetralin lignans2

Flavonols2

Documented compounds37 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2R,3R,4aS,6R,7S,8S,8aR)-3-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,6-bis(hydroxymethyl)-3,4a,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-pyrano[2,3-b][1,4]dioxine-7,8-diol	present	NPASS
(2R,4S)-4-(4-hydroxy-5-methoxynaphthalen-1-yl)-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-5-ol	present	NPASS
(2S,3S,4aS,6R,7S,8S,8aR)-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-3,6-bis(hydroxymethyl)-3,4a,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-pyrano[2,3-b][1,4]dioxine-7,8-diol	present	NPASS
(2Z,4E,6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E)-3-hydroxy-1-[(1R,4S)-4-hydroxy-1,2,2-trimethylcyclopentyl]-4,8,13,17-tetramethyl-19-(2,3,4-trimethylphenyl)nonadeca-2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18-nonaen-1-one	present	LOTUS
(3R)-3-(2,3-dihydroxyphenoxy)butanoic acid	present	NPASS
(3R,3'R,13-cis)-beta,beta-Carotene-3,3'-diol	present	LOTUS
(3R,4R,5R)-2,4,6-trimethyloct-6-ene-3,5-diol	present	NPASS
(3S,4S,4aR,5S,8aR)-4-isocyano-5,8a-dimethyl-3-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8-octahydro-1H-naphthalene	present	LOTUS
(4S,5R,6R)-6-[(E)-but-2-en-2-yl]-4-hydroxy-3,3,5-trimethyloxan-2-one	present	NPASS
1,1,4,7-tetramethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydro-1aH-cyclopropa[h]azulen-4a-amine	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding4 specimens

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 Acanthella acuta has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections4

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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-3P★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 307 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 240

Museum / vouchered18

Other49

Origin

Native6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 248 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit30

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 46.5 m · max 84 m · 30 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 154≤1 km 126≤10 km 19>10 km 5

304 georeferenced · 1 936 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 240

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence18

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 institutions1 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
UB_ICMlocation not on record	9
Cambridge, US	2
AUTHlocation not on record	2
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	1
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 15 of 18 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Acanthella acuta 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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Acanthella acuta

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds37 total

At a glance

Record type2 307 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 5 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type2 307 records