Actinothoe sphyrodeta

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Actiniaria/Sagartiidae/Actinothoe

At a glance

Occurrence records16 742

Data sources9

Biological traits2

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Actinothoe sphyrodeta's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 564 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System7 178 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 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 · OBIS16 742 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Actinothoe sphyrodeta, the sandalled anemone, is a small sea anemone in the family Sagartiidae. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and is common on the north, west and south coasts of Britain. It is usually grey or whitish but may have an orange oral disc. The translucent white tentacles that grow around the edge of the oral disc can number up to 120.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Actinothoe sphyrodeta has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes2

eDNA detections3

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 type16 742 records

Wild obs. + sensor10 277

Museum / vouchered5 915

Other550

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO8 624 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit5 000

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 16.8 m · max 119.5 m · 5 000 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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 8 100≤1 km 112≤10 km 71>10 km 6

8 289 georeferenced · 1 988 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor10 277

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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 32≤1 km 30≤10 km 5

67 georeferenced · 5 848 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5 915

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 institutions3 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	27
Citadel Hill, GB	17
PNHSlocation not on record	8
Stockholm, SE	1
South Kensington, GB	1

5 institutions · 54 of 5 915 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Actinothoe sphyrodeta 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 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 type16 742 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 5 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type16 742 records