Ameloctopus litoralis

Norman, 1992 · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Cephalopoda/Octopoda/Octopodidae/Ameloctopus

At a glance

Occurrence records132

Data sources8

Biological traits4

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections4

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Ameloctopus litoralis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility87 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System45 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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 sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS132 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Ameloctopus litoralis is a species of octopus in the family Octopodidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Ameloctopus.itis.gov It is found in shallow waters in tropical Australia and lacks an ink sack. Ameloctopus litoralis lays large eggs compared to other octopuses.Invertebrate Taxonomy 6(3) 567 - 582

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology2

Body length26 cm

Body mass15 g

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

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 Ameloctopus litoralis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections4

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-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type132 records

Wild obs. + sensor27

Museum / vouchered105

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO236 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit7

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 0.1 m · max 0.1 m · 7 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 accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 16≤10 km 1>10 km 2

19 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor27

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 accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 47≤10 km 8>10 km 6

63 georeferenced · 42 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence105

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
Sydney, AU	20
Museums Victorialocation not on record	16
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	9
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	8
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	6
Natick, US	1

6 institutions · 60 of 105 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Ameloctopus litoralis 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median28.1 °C 26.2–28.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter4.50 °C

Max temp (day)33.2 °C 29.3–33.2

Min temp (night)23.8 °C 23.3–23.8

Precipitation97.8 mm/mo 20.0–97.8

Air humidity57.1 % 51.0–57.1

Moisture balance-92.1 mm/mo -178–-92.1

Vapour deficit1,623 Pa 1,623–1,670

Wind speed3.50 m/s 3.50–4.20

Cloud cover48.3 % 18.3–48.3

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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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