Actinodendron arboreum

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) · species

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Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Actiniaria/Actinodendridae/Actinodendron

At a glance

Occurrence records706

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Actinodendron arboreum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility468 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System238 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 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 · OBIS706 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈628 Mbp

01Narrative

Actinodendron arboreum, commonly known as tree anemone or hell's fire anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actinodendronidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific where it grows at depths of down to 28 m. Most sea anemone species are harmless to humans, but A. arboreum is highly venomous and its sting can cause severe skin ulcers (as also suggested by its alternative name, hell's fire anemone).Haddad V., Jr., Lupi O., Lonza J.P., Tyring S.K. (2009). Tropical dermatology: Marine and aquatic dermatology. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 61: 733–750.Brush D.E. Marine Envenomations. In: Flomenbaum N.E., Goldfrank L.R., Hoffman R.S., Howland M.A., Lewin N.A., Nelson L.S., editors (2006). Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies. 8th. pp. 1629–1642. McGraw-Hill Medical, New York.

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02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Actinodendron arboreum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Actinodendron arboreum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈627 557 471 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Actinodendron arboreum0.63 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type706 records

Wild obs. + sensor672

Museum / vouchered34

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO576 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit194

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 1.5 m · max 28 m · 194 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 294≤1 km 95≤10 km 24>10 km 10

423 georeferenced · 249 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor672

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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤1 km 8≤10 km 10>10 km 2

20 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence34

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
CASlocation not on record	14
Washington, US	2
RMNHlocation not on record	1
ANRClocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 18 of 34 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

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