Actinopyga flammea

Cherbonnier, 1979 · species

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Animalia/Echinodermata/Holothuroidea/Holothuriida/Holothuriidae/Actinopyga

At a glance

Occurrence records23

Data sources8

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

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

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility21 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 records↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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.

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Chemical compositionNPASS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS23 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.5 Gbp

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length45 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits3

Depth max60 m

Depth min35 m

Vulnerability35

03Chemical composition2 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Indolizidine alkaloids2

Documented compounds2 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
15-Amido-3-demethoxy-2alpha,3alpha-methylenedioxyerythroculine		present	NPASS
methyl (1R,3S,7R)-17-methoxy-4,6-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.8.0.01,9.03,7.015,20]icosa-8,15,17,19-tetraene-18-carboxylate		present	NPASS

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

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Actinopyga flammea 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≈1 456 918 222 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 Actinopyga flammea1.46 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 levelChromosome

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type23 records

Wild obs. + sensor17

Museum / vouchered6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO72 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 9≤10 km 4

16 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 6 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6

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 2 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Paris, FR	2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2

2 institutions · 4 of 6 vouchered records shown

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