Actinoscyphia aurelia — The Life Data

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Actiniaria/Actinoscyphiidae/Actinoscyphia

At a glance

Occurrence records50

Data sources6

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Actinoscyphia aurelia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility25 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System25 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS50 records

01Narrative

The Venus flytrap sea anemone (Actinoscyphia aurelia) is a large sea anemone that superficially resembles a Venus flytrap. It closes its tentacles to capture prey or to protect itself. It is a deep ocean species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type50 records

Wild obs. + sensor42

Museum / vouchered8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO92 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit0

200–1000 m twilight6

1–4 km midnight16

>4 km abyssal0

median 1 308.8 m · max 2 136 m · 22 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 42 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor42

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 1

1 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence8

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 3 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	2
Cambridge, US	1
Maurice Lamontagne Institutelocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 4 of 8 vouchered records shown