Anthopleura artemisia

(Pickering, 1846) · species

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Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Actiniaria/Actiniidae/Anthopleura

At a glance

Occurrence records7 493

Data sources9

Biological traits5

DNA specimens8

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Anthopleura artemisia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 942 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System551 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

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 sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS7 493 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD8 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈342 Mbp

01Narrative

Anthopleura artemisia is a species of sea anemone. It is known by a number of common names, including burrowing anemone and moonglow anemone. It was first described to science in 1846 in a volume by James Dwight Dana, reporting on the animals found on the United States Exploring Expedition. Dana attributes the description to Charles Pickering, who was a naturalist on the expedition.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length7.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max30 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding8 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 Anthopleura artemisia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens8

BINs1

Marker genes3

eDNA detections2

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-5P★ITS18S-5P

animal barcodefungal barcoderibosomal

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Anthopleura artemisia carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈342 338 993 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Anthopleura artemisia0.34 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelChromosome

Completeness95.8% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type7 493 records

Wild obs. + sensor7 417

Museum / vouchered72

Other4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 828 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit445

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 8.7 m · max 23.7 m · 445 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 3 543≤1 km 1 974≤10 km 249>10 km 264

6 030 georeferenced · 1 387 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor7 417

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 accuracy77% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 28≤10 km 10

44 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence72

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 8 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	22
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	11
Victoria, CA	4
Edmonton, CA	3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
Los Angeles, US	2
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record	1
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8 institutions · 46 of 72 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Anthopleura artemisia 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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Anthopleura artemisia

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type7 493 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions4 of 8 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type7 493 records