Acanthosepion esculentum

(Hoyle, 1885) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Cephalopoda/Sepiida/Sepiidae/Acanthosepion

At a glance

Occurrence records234

Data sources8

Biological traits8

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections40

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Acanthosepion esculentum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility28 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System206 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI40 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS234 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries40 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT≈5.1 Gbp

01Narrative

Sepia esculenta, the golden cuttlefish, is a cuttlefish ranging from the Russian seas to the Philippines and throughout the western Pacific. This species of cuttlefish is a nektobenthic organism living with a range of depths between 10m-150m(33ft-492ft) but is primarily found within the shallow, coastal waters from japan to the Philippines at a depth between 10m-100m. Members of this species are roughly 18cm in length.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology2

Body length18 cm

Body mass600 g

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Uses & economy1

Commercial importancecommercial

Other traits3

Depth max150 m

Depth min10 m

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Acanthosepion esculentum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections40

Countries1

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

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Acanthosepion esculentum 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 size≈5 142 313 129 bp assembly estimate

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

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Acanthosepion esculentum5.14 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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

Completeness78.1% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type234 records

Wild obs. + sensor37

Museum / vouchered197

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO632 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit2

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 72 m · max 82 m · 2 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 3≤10 km 1

14 georeferenced · 23 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor37

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2>10 km 1

3 georeferenced · 194 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence197

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 1 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Philadelphia, US	4

1 institutions · 4 of 197 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA40 detections

Where the DNA of Acanthosepion esculentum 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 found40

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 40 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median7.40 °C 7.40–7.40

Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.4 °C

Max temp (day)9.60 °C

Min temp (night)3.00 °C

Precipitation344 mm/mo

Air humidity64.9 %

Moisture balance263 mm/mo

Vapour deficit428 Pa

Wind speed2.90 m/s

Cloud cover44.6 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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