Aciculites pulchra — The Life Data

Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Tetractinellida/Scleritodermidae/Aciculites

At a glance

Occurrence records575

Data sources5

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Aciculites pulchra's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility286 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System289 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS575 records

01Narrative

Aciculites pulchra 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 Aciculites en behoort tot de familie Scleritodermidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1924 door Dendy.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type575 records

Wild obs. + sensor327

Museum / vouchered172

Other76

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO280 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit118

200–1000 m twilight86

1–4 km midnight2

>4 km abyssal0

median 193.3 m · max 1 880 m · 206 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

≤100 m 195≤1 km 2

197 georeferenced · 130 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor327

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 accuracy20% within 1 km

≤100 m 1>10 km 4

5 georeferenced · 167 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence172

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 4 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	80
CASlocation not on record	2
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1

4 institutions · 84 of 172 vouchered records shown