Actinia fragacea

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Actiniaria/Actiniidae/Actinia

At a glance

Occurrence records4 824

Data sources9

Biological traits2

DNA specimens15

eDNA detections13

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Actinia fragacea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 904 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System920 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS4 824 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries13 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD15 specimens

01Narrative

Actinia fragacea, commonly known as the strawberry anemone, is a species of sea anemone of the order Actiniaria, that occurs from Norway to Africa, including adjacent islands (the Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde) and the Mediterranean. It is generally found on rocks of the lower shoreline and depths up to 8 -.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

05DNA & barcoding15 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 Actinia fragacea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens15

Marker genes2

eDNA detections13

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-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 824 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 991

Museum / vouchered723

Other110

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 644 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit225

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 6.3 m · max 35 m · 225 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 2 675≤1 km 472≤10 km 166>10 km 44

3 357 georeferenced · 634 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 991

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 64≤1 km 3

67 georeferenced · 656 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence723

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 institutions2 of 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
DASSHlocation not on record	49
PNHSlocation not on record	19
Citadel Hill, GB	2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record	2
South Kensington, GB	2

5 institutions · 74 of 723 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA13 detections

Where the DNA of Actinia fragacea 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 found13

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 13 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

Habitat & environment2

At a glance

Record type4 824 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 5 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type4 824 records