Aplysina lacunosa

(Lamarck, 1814) · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Verongiida/Aplysinidae/Aplysina

At a glance

Occurrence records426

Data sources8

Biological traits7

DNA specimens7

eDNA detections5

Sources8 archives

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

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility287 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System139 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Chemical compositionNPASS11 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS426 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length100 cm

Habitat & environment3

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Other traits3

Depth max50 m

Depth min5 m

Vulnerability60

03Chemical composition11 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Imidazole alkaloids1

Documented compounds11 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
11-Oxoaerothionin	present	NPASS
Aerophobin 1	present	NPASS
CYOSZNPFDIXSCJ-SRZZPIQSSA-N	present	NPASS
GTRMPVFKODPXCD-WCQYABFASA-N	present	NPASS
MBAXVCDFWWSVHC-NNYAFBHCSA-N	present	NPASS
methyl (5S,6R)-7,9-dibromo-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-oxa-2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-2,7,9-triene-3-carboxylate	present	NPASS
PBVSLDXTNQMAGI-QMZLNABRSA-N	present	NPASS
QOXOWFRYEADEPC-JGVFFNPUSA-N	present	NPASS
QOXOWFRYEADEPC-SFYZADRCSA-N	present	NPASS
ZDZIHXVFBNNLTM-DUIVEVBLSA-N	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding7 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 lacunosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens7

BINs1

Marker genes3

eDNA detections5

Countries3

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type426 records

Wild obs. + sensor322

Museum / vouchered104

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO576 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit112

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 30.5 m · max 108 m · 112 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 98≤1 km 58≤10 km 11>10 km 9

176 georeferenced · 146 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor322

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 7

7 georeferenced · 97 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence104

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 institutions3 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
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	13
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	9
Washington, US	9
New Haven, US	3
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	3
Masindi, UG	2

6 institutions · 39 of 104 vouchered records shown · 11 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Aplysina lacunosa 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 found5

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 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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