Aplysilla sulfurea

Schulze, 1878 · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Dendroceratida/Darwinellidae/Aplysilla

At a glance

Occurrence records1 733

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections136

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Aplysilla sulfurea's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 073 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System660 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI136 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 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 · OBIS1 733 records

Environmental DNA4 datasets · 2 countries136 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Aplysilla sulfurea is een sponssoort in de taxonomische indeling van de gewone sponzen (Demospongiae). De spons behoort tot het geslacht Aplysilla en behoort tot de familie Darwinellidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1878 voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Schulze.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max300 m

Depth min0 m

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 Aplysilla sulfurea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections136

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

18S-5P

ribosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 733 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 138

Museum / vouchered568

Other27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 236 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit352

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 17.3 m · max 166 m · 352 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 accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 556≤1 km 43≤10 km 11>10 km 3

613 georeferenced · 525 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 138

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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 41≤1 km 5≤10 km 6>10 km 1

53 georeferenced · 515 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence568

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 16 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	30
PNHSlocation not on record	28
Washington, US	24
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	10
Puerto Ayora, EC	7
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	5
Gothenburg, SE	3
New Haven, US	2
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	2
CEFASlocation not on record	2
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	1
SABS/HMSClocation not on record	1
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	1
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
South Kensington, GB	1

16 institutions · 119 of 568 vouchered records shown · 14 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA136 detections

Where the DNA of Aplysilla sulfurea 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 found136

Studies independent surveys4

Countries2

Verifiable raw sequence linked135

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 136 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

Atlantic Ocean

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 median9.10 °C -5.30–19.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.4 °C

Max temp (day)12.2 °C -1.80–23.2

Min temp (night)6.90 °C -8.90–16.4

Precipitation101 mm/mo 61.0–129

Air humidity61.7 % 58.7–66.4

Moisture balance34.7 mm/mo

Vapour deficit450 Pa 165–824

Wind speed5.10 m/s

Cloud cover51.9 % 45.8–63.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 135 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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Aplysilla sulfurea

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type1 733 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 16 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 733 records