Amphilectus fucorum

(Esper, 1794) · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Poecilosclerida/Esperiopsidae/Amphilectus

At a glance

Occurrence records17 831

Data sources9

Biological traits2

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections5

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Amphilectus fucorum's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 958 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System8 873 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS45 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS17 831 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 2 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Amphilectus fucorum 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 Amphilectus en behoort tot de familie Esperiopsidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1794 door Esper.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

03Chemical composition45 compounds

Compounds documented for Amphilectus fucorum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Cholestane steroids20

Cholestane steroids $ Stigmastane steroids9

Cholestane steroids $ Ergostane steroids7

Stigmastane steroids7

Ergostane steroids2

Documented compounds45 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(24R)-Ergost-4-en-3-one	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-5-propan-2-ylhept-5-en-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methyl-5-methylideneheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(E,2R)-5-methylhex-3-en-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(E,2R)-5-propan-2-ylhept-5-en-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(E,2R)-6-methylhept-3-en-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(E,2R,5S)-5-methylhept-3-en-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS
(3R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(E,2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylhept-3-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	LOTUS

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 Amphilectus fucorum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections5

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-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type17 831 records

Wild obs. + sensor9 505

Museum / vouchered7 321

Other1 005

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO9 164 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit6 540

200–1000 m twilight7

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 12.7 m · max 613.5 m · 6 547 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 7 949≤1 km 43≤10 km 39>10 km 1

8 032 georeferenced · 1 473 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor9 505

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 accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 71≤1 km 10≤10 km 16

97 georeferenced · 7 224 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7 321

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 institutions6 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
DASSHlocation not on record	41
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	17
South Kensington, GB	9
PNHSlocation not on record	8
Washington, US	6
Gothenburg, SE	3
Citadel Hill, GB	3
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	3
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museumlocation not on record	3
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	2
486location not on record	2
Buenos Aires, AR	1
ARMS-MBONlocation not on record	1
Copenhagen, DK	1

14 institutions · 100 of 7 321 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Amphilectus fucorum 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 found5

Studies independent surveys2

Countries2

Verifiable raw sequence linked1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

Special Area of Conservation; protected; 9.4…

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 median14.0 °C 13.3–14.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.40 °C

Max temp (day)16.2 °C 15.8–16.6

Min temp (night)11.4 °C 10.1–12.6

Precipitation104 mm/mo 95.0–114

Air humidity61.9 % 59.6–64.3

Vapour deficit608 Pa 596–621

Cloud cover50.9 % 48.1–53.8

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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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Amphilectus fucorum

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Habitat & environment2

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds45 total

At a glance

Record type17 831 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 14 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type17 831 records