Acropora aculeus

(Dana, 1846) · species

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Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Scleractinia/Acroporidae/Acropora

At a glance

Occurrence records3 167

Data sources9

Biological traits4

DNA specimens13

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Acropora aculeus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 556 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 611 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS3 167 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD13 specimens

01Narrative

Acropora aculeus is a species of acroporid corals found throughout the Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, southeast Asia, Japan and the East China Sea. It is also present in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an uncommon species and is particularly prone to coral bleaching, disease, and crown-of-thorns starfish predation; it is also harvested for use in aquaria, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being a "vulnerable species". Habitat loss is a big concern.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Other traits2

Depth max35 m

Depth min3 m

05DNA & barcoding13 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 Acropora aculeus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens13

BINs1

Marker genes12

eDNA detections1

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-5P18S-5PCOIICOXIIICYTBND1ND2ND3ND4ND4LND5-0ND6

animal barcoderibosomalmitochondrial

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 167 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 097

Museum / vouchered1 013

Other57

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 268 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit512

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 5 m · max 49 m · 512 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 accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 937≤1 km 65≤10 km 22>10 km 23

1 047 georeferenced · 1 050 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 097

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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 107≤1 km 475≤10 km 4>10 km 4

590 georeferenced · 423 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 013

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 institutions4 of 10 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	479
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	18
Sydney, AU	4
RMNHlocation not on record	4
Honolulu, US	3
South Kensington, GB	2
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	1
CASlocation not on record	1
National Institute for Environmental Studieslocation not on record	1
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 514 of 1 013 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Acropora aculeus 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

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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Acropora aculeus

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type3 167 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions4 of 10 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type3 167 records