Amblypneustes elevatus — The Life Data

Animalia/Echinodermata/Echinoidea/Camarodonta/Temnopleuridae/Amblypneustes

At a glance

Occurrence records360

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Amblypneustes elevatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility226 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System134 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS360 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Amblypneustes elevatus is a species of sea urchin of the family Temnopleuridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It came from the genus Amblypneustes and lives in the sea.Kroh, A. (2010). Amblypneustes elevatus (Hutton, 1872). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Amblypneustes elevatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

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 type360 records

Wild obs. + sensor82

Museum / vouchered278

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO808 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit35

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 9 m · max 73.2 m · 35 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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 38≤1 km 22≤10 km 9

69 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor82

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 accuracy47% within 1 km

≤100 m 20≤1 km 44≤10 km 60>10 km 11

135 georeferenced · 143 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence278

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 institutions5 of 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	35
Museums Victorialocation not on record	33
Auckland, NZ	28
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	14
Cambridge, US	13
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	13
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	6
Natick, US	2
Chicago, US	2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 147 of 278 vouchered records shown · 20 without an institution code