Astropyga magnifica — The Life Data

Animalia/Echinodermata/Echinoidea/Diadematoida/Diadematidae/Astropyga

At a glance

Occurrence records179

Data sources8

Biological traits4

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Astropyga magnifica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility126 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System53 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS179 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Astropyga magnifica is a species of sea urchins of the family Diadematidae. Their armour is covered with spines. Astropyga magnifica was first scientifically described in 1934 by Austin Hobart Clark.Kroh, A. (2010). Astropyga magnifica (A. H. Clark, 1934). 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

Other traits2

Depth max89 m

Depth min5 m

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Astropyga magnifica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes2

eDNA detections3

Countries1

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-3PCOI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type179 records

Wild obs. + sensor62

Museum / vouchered116

Fossil1

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO440 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit40

200–1000 m twilight1

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 49.5 m · max 252 m · 41 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 accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 12≤1 km 10≤10 km 8>10 km 10

40 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor62

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤10 km 4

8 georeferenced · 108 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence116

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 institutions4 of 9 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	27
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	7
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	5
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	4
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	4
Cambridge, US	2
CASlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
Toronto, CA	1

9 institutions · 52 of 116 vouchered records shown · 16 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Astropyga magnifica 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 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.