Acropora paniculata

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Scleractinia/Acroporidae/Acropora

At a glance

Occurrence records1 081

Data sources9

Biological traits4

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility538 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System543 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 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 · OBIS1 081 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Acropora paniculata is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1902. Found in marine, tropical, shallow reefs on the upper slopes, it occurs at depths of between 10 and. It is classed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List, and it has a decreasing population. It is uncommon but found over a large area, including in five regions of Indonesia, and is classified under CITES Appendix II.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length2.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Other traits1

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

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections1

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-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 081 records

Wild obs. + sensor566

Museum / vouchered483

Other32

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 044 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit48

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 8 m · max 50 m · 48 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 239≤1 km 28≤10 km 9>10 km 11

287 georeferenced · 279 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor566

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 34≤1 km 222

256 georeferenced · 227 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence483

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 institutions3 of 6 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	238
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	7
Honolulu, US	3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
CASlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1

6 institutions · 251 of 483 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Acropora paniculata 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.

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits1

At a glance

Record type1 081 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 6 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 081 records