Actinopyga agassizii

(Selenka, 1867) · species

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Animalia/Echinodermata/Holothuroidea/Holothuriida/Holothuriidae/Actinopyga

At a glance

Occurrence records183

Data sources10

Biological traits0

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Actinopyga agassizii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility143 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System40 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Chemical compositionNPASS137 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS183 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Actinopyga agassizii, commonly known as five-toothed sea cucumber or West Indian sea cucumber, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It was first described by German zoologist Emil Selenka in 1867. It is native to the Western Atlantic region, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and is harvested for food.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

03Chemical composition137 compounds

Compounds documented for Actinopyga agassizii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Plant xanthones82

Isocoumarins6

Methyl xanthones $ Plant xanthones5

Acyl phloroglucinols5

Proanthocyanins4

Documented compounds137 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(1R,2R)-1,8,10-trihydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-9-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1,2-dihydrofuro[3,2-a]xanthen-11-one	present	NPASS
(2R)-4-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-7,8-dimethoxy-6-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-b]xanthen-5-one	present	NPASS
(2R,3S)-2-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one	present	NPASS
(2S)-2,6,9,11-tetrahydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-10-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1,2-dihydropyrano[3,2-a]xanthen-12-one	present	NPASS
(2S)-4,7-dihydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-11-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-b]xanthen-5-one	present	NPASS
(2S)-4,7-dihydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-6-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-b]xanthen-5-one	present	NPASS
(2S)-4,8,10-trihydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-9-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1,2-dihydrofuro[3,2-a]xanthen-11-one	present	NPASS
(2S)-4,8,10-trihydroxy-9-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2-dihydrofuro[3,2-a]xanthen-11-one	present	NPASS
(2S)-4,8-dihydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-7-methoxy-6-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-b]xanthen-5-one	present	NPASS
(2S)-4,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-6-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-b]xanthen-5-one	present	NPASS

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 Actinopyga agassizii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

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-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type183 records

Wild obs. + sensor74

Museum / vouchered109

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO364 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit7

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 27 m · max 27 m · 7 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 accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 19≤10 km 17>10 km 5

51 georeferenced · 23 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor74

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 accuracy63% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 14≤10 km 3>10 km 10

35 georeferenced · 74 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence109

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 institutions5 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	17
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	10
Washington, US	10
Cambridge, US	7
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	6
Los Angeles, US	6
Brussels, BE	4
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	3
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	3
FCMMlocation not on record	1
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	1
Toronto, CA	1

12 institutions · 69 of 109 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Actinopyga agassizii 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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