Amathia verticillata

(delle Chiaje, 1822) · species

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Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Vesiculariidae/Amathia

At a glance

Occurrence records1 743

Data sources9

Biological traits4

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections194

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Amathia verticillata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 378 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System365 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI194 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 743 records

Environmental DNA4 datasets · 4 countries194 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Amathia verticillata, commonly known as the spaghetti bryozoan, is a species of colonial bryozoans with a bush-like structure. It is found in shallow temperate and warm waters in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and has spread worldwide as a fouling organism. It is regarded as an invasive species in some countries.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max22 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Amathia verticillata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections194

Countries4

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 type1 743 records

Wild obs. + sensor952

Museum / vouchered734

Other57

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 924 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit57

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 3 m · max 22.5 m · 57 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 355≤1 km 205≤10 km 25>10 km 9

594 georeferenced · 358 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor952

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 accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 7≤10 km 2>10 km 3

20 georeferenced · 714 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence734

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 institutions9 of 17 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	26
Puerto Ayora, EC	12
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	9
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	7
Cantablocation not on record	5
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)location not on record	5
Sydney, AU	5
Washington, US	4
ARMS-MBONlocation not on record	2
Los Angeles, US	2
Brussels, BE	2
Natick, US	1
Helsinki, FI	1
CASlocation not on record	1
	1
Stockholm, SE	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1

17 institutions · 85 of 734 vouchered records shown · 368 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA194 detections

Where the DNA of Amathia verticillata 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 found194

Studies independent surveys4

Countries4

Verifiable raw sequence linked3

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 194 detections have coordinates

Open the map4 countries0

not provided; industrial; not provided

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.

Measured at samplingin-field

Temperature21.3 °C 13.8–28.6

pH8.04 6.90–8.60

Conductivity47,765 µS/cm 30,400–52,800

Salinity35.0 PSU 24.9–36.3

Dissolved oxygen7.33 mg/L 7.04–7.56

Turbidity0.855 NTU 0.078–1.90

Nitrate0.5 µmol/L 0.126–6.60

Sand29.9 % 7.30–99.2

Depth2.00 m 0–85.0

Coastal waterPelagicSediment

159 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median19.0 °C 14.9–22.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.30 °C

Max temp (day)20.7 °C 17.0–24.9

Min temp (night)16.2 °C 12.0–19.9

Precipitation98.2 mm/mo 63.1–127

Air humidity59.8 % 54.9–62.5

Moisture balance0.8 mm/mo

Vapour deficit889 Pa 717–1,050

Wind speed2.70 m/s

Cloud cover24.9 % 17.2–27.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 194 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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Amathia verticillata

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type1 743 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 17 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Measured at samplingin-field

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 743 records