Aplysina insularis

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Verongiida/Aplysinidae/Aplysina

At a glance

Occurrence records436

Data sources10

Biological traits5

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources10 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility380 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System56 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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

Chemical compositionLOTUS4 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS436 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈185 Mbp

01Narrative

Aplysina insularis, commonly known as the yellow-green candle sponge or yellow candle sponge, is a species of sea sponge found on reefs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment3

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max8 m

Depth min1 m

03Chemical composition4 compounds

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

Compound class profile2 classes

Aminoacids1

Polyamines1

Documented compounds4 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2S)-2-ammonio-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoate	present	LOTUS
Aeroplysinin-2	present	LOTUS
Aerothionin	present	LOTUS
Fistularin 3	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding2 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 insularis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

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

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Aplysina insularis 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≈185 065 949 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 insularis0.19 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

Completeness72.9% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type436 records

Wild obs. + sensor395

Museum / vouchered41

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO636 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit42

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 68 m · max 69 m · 42 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 accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 185≤1 km 79≤10 km 15>10 km 16

295 georeferenced · 100 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor395

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

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced · 40 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence41

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 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Poza Rica-Tuxpanlocation not on record	15
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	10
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	4
CASlocation not on record	1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	1
Washington, US	1

6 institutions · 32 of 41 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

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