Amorphinopsis excavans

Carter, 1887 · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Suberitida/Halichondriidae/Amorphinopsis

At a glance

Occurrence records133

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections27

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Amorphinopsis excavans's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility72 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System61 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI27 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS133 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 2 countries27 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Amorphinopsis excavans is een sponssoort in de taxonomische indeling van de gewone sponzen (Demospongiae). Het lichaam van de spons bestaat uit kiezelnaalden en sponginevezels, en is in staat om veel water op te nemen. De spons behoort tot het geslacht Amorphinopsis en behoort tot de familie Halichondriidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1887 door Carter.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max1 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Amorphinopsis excavans has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes3

eDNA detections27

Countries2

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-3P★COI-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type133 records

Wild obs. + sensor35

Museum / vouchered96

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO164 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit5

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 45.5 m · max 48 m · 5 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 2>10 km 1

8 georeferenced · 27 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor35

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 4≤1 km 11

15 georeferenced · 81 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence96

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 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	11
Honolulu, US	5
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	4
Natick, US	2
CASlocation not on record	2
Vrije Universiteit Brussellocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 27 of 96 vouchered records shown · 25 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA27 detections

Where the DNA of Amorphinopsis excavans 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 found27

Studies independent surveys2

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 27 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 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.

Measured at samplingin-field

Temperature27.3 °C 21.1–30.9

pH8.00

Salinity35.5 PSU 35.3–36.4

Depth2.00 m 1.00–2.00

Coastal water

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

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.4 °C 23.5–27.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.30 °C

Max temp (day)27.2 °C 24.2–29.1

Min temp (night)23.5 °C 22.2–25.2

Precipitation120 mm/mo 82.6–143

Air humidity59.8 % 59.1–61.4

Vapour deficit1,303 Pa 1,156–1,412

Cloud cover35.7 % 26.6–52.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 24 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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