Acropora desalwii — The Life Data

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Scleractinia/Acroporidae/Acropora

At a glance

Occurrence records96

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility35 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System61 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS96 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Acropora desalwii is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Dr Carden Wallace in 1994. Found in sheltered, tropical, shallow reefs, mainly on the slopes, this species is generally found at depths below 15 m, but this can be as low as 30 m. The species is rated as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with a decreasing population, and is affected by disease. It is common and found over a large area, and is listed under CITES Appendix II.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

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 Acropora desalwii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type96 records

Wild obs. + sensor55

Museum / vouchered41

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO136 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit4

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 10 m · max 10 m · 4 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 accuracy77% within 1 km

≤100 m 24≤10 km 2>10 km 5

31 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor55

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 32

40 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence41

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
Mutare Museumlocation not on record	4

1 institutions · 4 of 41 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code