Membranipora membranacea
(Linnaeus, 1767) · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Membranipora membranacea's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 067 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System12 446 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 361 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics131 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↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Membranipora membranacea is a very widely distributed species of marine bryozoan known from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, usually in temperate zone environments. This bryozoan is a colonial organism characterized by a thin, mat-like encrustation, white to gray in color. It may be known colloquially as the coffin box, sea-mat or lacy crust bryozoan and is often abundantly found encrusting seaweeds, particularly kelps.Barnes, R.D. (1982). Coasts and Estuaries pp 114-115. Hodder & Staughton, London.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology1
Habitat & environment2
Other traits2
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 Membranipora membranacea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Membranipora membranacea 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
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).
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.
Record type26 513 records
Origin
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions18 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| 730location not on record | 751 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 146 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 104 |
| DASSHlocation not on record | 92 |
| Gothenburg, SE | 75 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 71 |
| Stockholm, SE | 65 |
| PNHSlocation not on record | 65 |
| Ilvolocation not on record | 38 |
| Bergen, NO | 26 |
| Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)location not on record | 19 |
| Sydney, AU | 17 |
| ARMS-MBONlocation not on record | 13 |
| CASlocation not on record | 12 |
| Stockholm, SE | 11 |
| Cambridge, US | 9 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 9 |
| CEFASlocation not on record | 8 |
| Tromsø, NO | 6 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 6 |
| South Kensington, GB | 6 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 6 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 6 |
| New Haven, US | 5 |
| Brussels, BE | 5 |
| Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record | 4 |
| 4 | |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 4 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 4 |
| Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record | 3 |
| Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record | 3 |
| Natick, US | 3 |
| Johanna Bergkvistlocation not on record | 3 |
| RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record | 3 |
| Edmonton, CA | 3 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 2 |
| Museums Victorialocation not on record | 2 |
| Helsinki, FI | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)location not on record | 2 |
| Washington, US | 1 |
| Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 1 |
| CLOlocation not on record | 1 |
| The Atlantic reference Centrelocation not on record | 1 |
| Stanford Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Hakai Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Moss Landing Marine Laboratorieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Citadel Hill, GB | 1 |
Where the DNA of Membranipora membranacea 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Measured at samplingin-field
Modelled climatemodelled
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.