Astrosarkus idipi — The Life Data

Animalia/Echinodermata/Asteroidea/Valvatida/Oreasteridae/Astrosarkus

At a glance

Occurrence records16

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Astrosarkus idipi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System4 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 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 · OBIS16 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Astrosarkus idipi is a species of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. It is the sole species in the genus Astrosarkus. It is sometimes referred to as a "Pumpkin sea star".

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max210 m

Depth min67 m

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Astrosarkus idipi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

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-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type16 records

Wild obs. + sensor4

Museum / vouchered12

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO32 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit3

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 67 m · max 125 m · 3 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 4

4 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor4

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 · 11 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence12

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 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Honolulu, US	2
Paris, FR	1
Cambridge, US	1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Washington, US	1
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 7 of 12 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code