Aplysina cavernicola

(Vacelet, 1959) · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Verongiida/Aplysinidae/Aplysina

At a glance

Occurrence records1 490

Data sources12

Biological traits2

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections4

Sources12 archives

Databases and archives Aplysina cavernicola's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 467 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System23 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page7 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 compositionLOTUS · NPASS27 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 490 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈168 Mbp

01Narrative

Aplysina cavernicola is a species of sponge in the family Aplysinidae. It is native to the Mediterranean Sea where it grows in caves and under overhangs.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

03Chemical composition27 compounds

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

Compound class profile3 classes

Polyamines9

Imidazole alkaloids4

Acridone alkaloids1

Documented compounds27 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(3aR,7R,7aS)-5,7-dibromo-3a-hydroxy-1,3,7,7a-tetrahydroindole-2,6-dione	present	LOTUS
(5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-N-[(3R)-4-[[(5R,10R)-7,9-dibromo-10-hydroxy-8-methoxy-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,6,8-triene-3-carbonyl]amino]-3-hydroxy-2-oxobutyl]-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carboxamide	present	LOTUS
(5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-N-[3-[2,6-dibromo-4-[(1R)-2-[[(5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carbonyl]amino]-1-hydroxyethyl]phenoxy]propyl]-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carboxamide	present	LOTUS
(5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-N-[4-[[(5R,10R)-7,9-dibromo-10-hydroxy-8-methoxy-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,6,8-triene-3-carbonyl]amino]-3-oxobutyl]-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carboxamide	present	LOTUS
(5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-N-[4-[[(5R,10R)-7,9-dibromo-10-hydroxy-8-methoxy-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,6,8-triene-3-carbonyl]amino]butyl]-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carboxamide	present	LOTUS
(5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-N-[5-[[(5R,10R)-7,9-dibromo-10-hydroxy-8-methoxy-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,6,8-triene-3-carbonyl]amino]pentyl]-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carboxamide	present	LOTUS
(5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-N-[5-[[(5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carbonyl]amino]-4-oxopentyl]-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carboxamide	present	LOTUS
(6R)-N-[(E)-3-(2-amino-1H-imidazol-5-yl)prop-2-enyl]-7,9-dibromo-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carboxamide	present	LOTUS
11,19-Dideoxyfistularin-3	present	LOTUS
11-Oxoaerothionin	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding6 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 Aplysina cavernicola has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

BINs1

Marker genes3

eDNA detections4

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★ITS118S-5P

animal barcodefungal barcoderibosomal

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Aplysina cavernicola 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≈168 115 279 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

THIS GENOME Aplysina cavernicola0.17 Gb

INSECT0.25 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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 490 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 484

Museum / vouchered3

Other3

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 080 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit10

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 29.4 m · max 94.2 m · 10 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 accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 182≤1 km 77≤10 km 53>10 km 3

315 georeferenced · 1 169 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 484

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

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 institutions1 of 2 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	1
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 2 of 3 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Aplysina cavernicola 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 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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Aplysina cavernicola

At a glance

Sources12 archives

Habitat & environment2

Compound class profile3 classes

Documented compounds27 total

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 490 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 2 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 490 records