Anthostella stephensoni — The Life Data

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Actiniaria/Actiniidae/Anthostella

At a glance

Occurrence records167

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections723

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Anthostella stephensoni's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility145 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System22 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI723 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS167 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 1 countries723 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Anthostella stephensoni, the violet-spotted anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Anthostella stephensoni has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections723

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 type167 records

Wild obs. + sensor135

Museum / vouchered24

Other8

Origin

Native5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO284 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit17

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 7.5 m · max 24 m · 17 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 21≤1 km 16≤10 km 5>10 km 2

44 georeferenced · 91 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor135

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 24 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence24

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

Institution	Specimens
CASlocation not on record	2

1 institutions · 2 of 24 vouchered records shown · 10 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA723 detections

Where the DNA of Anthostella stephensoni 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 found723

Studies independent surveys2

Countries1

Verifiable raw sequence linked722

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 723 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 median6.60 °C 5.80–11.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter35.6 °C

Max temp (day)9.60 °C 8.20–15.5

Min temp (night)4.10 °C 3.40–8.80

Precipitation96.1 mm/mo 63.3–116

Air humidity61.4 % 59.3–65.9

Moisture balance48.9 mm/mo

Vapour deficit382 Pa 316–521

Wind speed4.70 m/s

Cloud cover51.2 % 49.0–61.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 722 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.