Corynactis viridis

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Corallimorpharia/Corallimorphidae/Corynactis

At a glance

Occurrence records19 732

Data sources10

Biological traits2

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Corynactis viridis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 166 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System8 566 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

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.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS19 732 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈520 Mbp

01Narrative

Corynactis viridis, the jewel anemone, is a brightly coloured anthozoan similar in body form to a sea anemone or a scleractinian coral polyp, but in the order Corallimorpharia. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and was first described by the Irish naturalist George Allman in 1846.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

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 Corynactis viridis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Countries1

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Corynactis viridis 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≈520 103 772 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

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Corynactis viridis0.52 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

Completeness97.3% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type19 732 records

Wild obs. + sensor11 794

Museum / vouchered7 323

Other615

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO9 156 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit6 464

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 19 m · max 167.1 m · 6 464 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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 8 821≤1 km 217≤10 km 100>10 km 7

9 145 georeferenced · 2 649 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11 794

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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 46≤1 km 21≤10 km 6

73 georeferenced · 7 250 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7 323

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 institutions2 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
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record	107
DASSHlocation not on record	49
PNHSlocation not on record	33
Citadel Hill, GB	10
486location not on record	5
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	5
AUTHlocation not on record	2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1

9 institutions · 213 of 7 323 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Habitat & environment2

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type19 732 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 9 geolocated

Record type19 732 records