Acanthogorgia armata

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Malacalcyonacea/Paramuriceidae/Acanthogorgia

At a glance

Occurrence records4 955

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Acanthogorgia armata's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 433 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 522 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS4 955 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Acanthogorgia armata is een zachte koraalsoort uit de familie Acanthogorgiidae. De koraalsoort komt uit het geslacht Acanthogorgia. Acanthogorgia armata werd in 1878 voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Verrill.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Acanthogorgia armata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

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-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 955 records

Wild obs. + sensor346

Museum / vouchered2 324

Other2 285

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 348 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit14

200–1000 m twilight2 208

1–4 km midnight127

>4 km abyssal0

median 373.9 m · max 2 602 m · 2 349 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 accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 51≤1 km 1>10 km 1

53 georeferenced · 293 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor346

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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 14≤1 km 56≤10 km 15>10 km 1

86 georeferenced · 2 238 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 324

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 institutions8 of 15 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
EDMO:1979 (Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS))location not on record	2 042
EDMO:1054 (IFREMER Head Office)location not on record	52
Washington, US	25
ICESlocation not on record	23
New Haven, US	16
Frankfurt am Main	16
Copenhagen, DK	8
EDMO:2135 (Marine Scotland Science)location not on record	3
The Atlantic reference Centrelocation not on record	3
Toronto, CA	3
Cambridge, US	2
Paris, FR	1
EDMO:353 (IEO/Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO))location not on record	1
SCSDlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1

15 institutions · 2 197 of 2 324 vouchered records shown · 40 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources7 archives

At a glance

Record type4 955 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 15 geolocated

Record type4 955 records