Ampheraster marianus — The Life Data

Animalia/Echinodermata/Asteroidea/Forcipulatida/Pedicellasteridae/Ampheraster

At a glance

Occurrence records97

Data sources6

Biological traits4

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Ampheraster marianus's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility59 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System38 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 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 · OBIS97 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Ampheraster marianus is een zeester uit de familie Pedicellasteridae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1905 gepubliceerd door Hubert Ludwig.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max1 237 m

Depth min507 m

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Ampheraster marianus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes2

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-5P16S

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type97 records

Wild obs. + sensor11

Museum / vouchered84

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO204 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit0

200–1000 m twilight30

1–4 km midnight5

>4 km abyssal0

median 800 m · max 1 244 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 11 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor11

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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 2>10 km 2

5 georeferenced · 79 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence84

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 institutions4 of 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
CASlocation not on record	23
Victoria, CA	17
Washington, US	8
Cambridge, US	1
Los Angeles, US	1

5 institutions · 50 of 84 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code