Araeosoma fenestratum

(Thomson, 1872) · species

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Animalia/Echinodermata/Echinoidea/Echinothurioida/Echinothuriidae/Araeosoma

At a glance

Occurrence records418

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections12

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Araeosoma fenestratum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility221 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System197 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS418 records

Environmental DNA4 datasets · 3 countries12 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Araeosoma fenestratum is a species of sea urchin of the family Echinothuriidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Araeosoma and lives in the sea. Araeosoma fenestratum was first scientifically described in 1872 by Thomson.Kroh, A. (2010). Araeosoma fenestratum (Thomson, 1872). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Araeosoma fenestratum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes1

eDNA detections12

Countries3

Marker genes sequenced

18S-5P

ribosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type418 records

Wild obs. + sensor30

Museum / vouchered386

Other2

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO880 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit14

200–1000 m twilight143

1–4 km midnight4

>4 km abyssal0

median 505.7 m · max 2 461.4 m · 161 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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor30

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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 27≤1 km 5≤10 km 1

33 georeferenced · 353 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence386

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 15 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	104
Paris, FR	33
Cambridge, US	16
Brussels, BE	8
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	6
P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanologylocation not on record	5
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	3
Toronto, CA	3
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturaleslocation not on record	2
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)location not on record	2
CASlocation not on record	2
South Kensington, GB	2
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	1
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institutelocation not on record	1
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 189 of 386 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA12 detections

Where the DNA of Araeosoma fenestratum 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 found12

Studies independent surveys4

Countries3

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 12 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 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.

Measured at samplingin-field

Temperature18.4 °C

Conductivity46,905 µS/cm

Salinity35.5 PSU 35.4–35.6

Dissolved oxygen8.02 mg/L 7.86–8.18

Turbidity0.557 NTU

Nitrate3.10 µmol/L 0.6–5.50

Depth20.0 m 10.0–100

Pelagic

3 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median22.5 °C 14.5–25.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.40 °C

Max temp (day)23.5 °C 15.8–26.2

Min temp (night)21.5 °C 13.2–25.0

Precipitation119 mm/mo 47.8–143

Air humidity58.1 % 56.0–61.4

Vapour deficit1,188 Pa 685–1,259

Cloud cover32.1 % 23.0–36.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 11 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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