Aiptasia mutabilis

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Actiniaria/Aiptasiidae/Aiptasia

At a glance

Occurrence records4 830

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens8

eDNA detections5

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Aiptasia mutabilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 042 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System788 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 · OBIS4 830 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD8 specimens

01Narrative

Aiptasia mutabilis, also known as the trumpet anemone, rock anemone, and glass anemone, is a species of anemone typically found attached to substrates in cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Its unique trumpet shape gives it its common name and it can grow to be 12 cm, having a column between 3 and 6 cm in size. Like many cnidarians, they rely on nematocysts for protection and to capture prey. They are not difficult to care for, and can be kept in a home aquarium, although due to their speed of reproduction, can quickly become overpopulated.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

05DNA & barcoding8 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 Aiptasia mutabilis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens8

BINs1

Marker genes3

eDNA detections5

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-5P18S-5PCYTB

animal barcoderibosomalmitochondrial

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 830 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 986

Museum / vouchered737

Other107

Origin

Native177

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 904 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit579

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 14.4 m · max 190 m · 579 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 767≤1 km 697≤10 km 76>10 km 13

1 553 georeferenced · 2 433 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 986

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 3

3 georeferenced · 734 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence737

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 institutions2 of 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
	16
AUTHlocation not on record	7
DASSHlocation not on record	2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record	2
PNHSlocation not on record	2
South Kensington, GB	2

6 institutions · 31 of 737 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Aiptasia mutabilis 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 found5

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 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

Sources8 archives

Habitat & environment2

At a glance

Record type4 830 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 6 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type4 830 records