Phlyctenanthus australis — The Life Data

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Actiniaria/Actiniidae/Phlyctenanthus

At a glance

Occurrence records648

Data sources6

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Phlyctenanthus australis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility608 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System40 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS648 records

01Narrative

Phlyctenanthus australis, commonly known as red anemone and southern anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae. It grows to a maximum size of 10 cm in diameter. The column is red-brown in colour with blue vesicles covering it. The tentacles are reddish-brown and short, and number up to around 100. This species is found in south Australia, New South Wales, down to Tasmania. This species lives on exposed reefs at depths of between 1 and 35 metres.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type648 records

Wild obs. + sensor597

Museum / vouchered47

Other4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO844 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit7

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 8 m · max 77 m · 7 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 360≤1 km 88≤10 km 18>10 km 10

476 georeferenced · 121 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor597

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 accuracy72% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 11≤10 km 8

29 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence47

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 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museums Victorialocation not on record	11
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	7
Sydney, AU	5
QVMAGlocation not on record	3
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	2
Natick, US	1

6 institutions · 29 of 47 vouchered records shown