Acanthella klethra

Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Bubarida/Dictyonellidae/Acanthella

At a glance

Occurrence records12

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System6 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS14 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS12 records

01Narrative

Acanthella klethra is een sponssoort in de taxonomische indeling van de gewone sponzen (Demospongiae). Het lichaam van de spons bestaat uit kiezelnaalden en sponginevezels, en is in staat om veel water op te nemen. De spons behoort tot het geslacht Acanthella en behoort tot de familie Dictyonellidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1982 door Pulitzer-Finali.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max20 m

Depth min10 m

03Chemical composition14 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Serrulatane and Biflorane diterpenoids6

Eudesmane sesquiterpenoids $ Gorgonane sesquiterpenoids2

Menthane monoterpenoids2

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids1

Eudesmane sesquiterpenoids1

Documented compounds14 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(1R,4S,6S,7S,17R)-4-ethyl-7-hydroxy-6,7-dimethyl-2,9-dioxa-14-azatricyclo[9.5.1.014,17]heptadec-11-ene-3,8-dione	present	NPASS
(1S,2S,4aR,5R,8R,8aR)-8-[(2S,5S)-5-chloro-2,6,6-trimethyloxan-2-yl]-2,5-dimethyl-1,5-bis(methylideneamino)-1,3,4,4a,6,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalen-2-ol	present	LOTUS
(1S,2S,4aR,5S,8S,8aS)-8-[(2R,5S)-5-(2-chloropropan-2-yl)-2-methyloxolan-2-yl]-2,5-dimethyl-2,5-bis(methylideneamino)-1,3,4,4a,6,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,4aR,5R,8aR)-5-isothiocyanato-5,8a-dimethyl-3-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,4a,6,7,8-octahydronaphthalene	present	NPASS
(4aalpha,8abeta)-8beta-[(2,6,6-Trimethyl-5beta-chlorotetrahydro-2H-pyran)-2alpha-yl]-1alpha,5alpha-diisocyano-2,5-dimethyldecahydronaphthalen-2beta-ol	present	LOTUS
11-Isothiocyano-7bH-eudesm-5-ene [C16H25NS]	present	NPASS
5-isothiocyanato [C16H25N]	present	NPASS
Axisonitrile 3	present	NPASS
Axisonitrile 3 [C16H25N]	present	LOTUS
Axisothiocyanate 3	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type12 records

Wild obs. + sensor3

Museum / vouchered9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO24 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit3

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 7 m · max 12 m · 3 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3

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

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1

2 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9

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 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Natick, US	2
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	2
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 5 of 9 vouchered records shown

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