Sepia stellifera is a species of cuttlefish native to the Indian Ocean. The mantle length of males is 140 mm, and 150mm in females. It lives at depths of 34 to 95 m.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 stelliferum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
eDNA detections1
Countries1
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 records
Wild obs. + sensor2
Museum / vouchered3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO12 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without
Open the mapobservation + sensor2
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 accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3
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
Institution
Specimens
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record
1
1 institutions · 1 of 3 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Acanthosepion stelliferum 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 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 median10.0 °C 10.0–10.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter31.5 °C
Max temp (day)15.7 °C
Min temp (night)3.10 °C
Precipitation13.8 mm/mo
Air humidity45.7 %
Moisture balance-95.2 mm/mo
Vapour deficit827 Pa
Wind speed4.50 m/s
Cloud cover24.1 %
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.
