Tubastraea faulkneri — The Life Data

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Scleractinia/Dendrophylliidae/Tubastraea

At a glance

Occurrence records44

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Tubastraea faulkneri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility20 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System24 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS5 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS44 records

01Narrative

Tubastraea faulkneri, common name Orange sun coral, is a species of large-polyp stony corals belonging to the family Dendrophylliidae.Catalogue of Life Other common names of this coral are Orange Cup Coral, Sun Coral, Orange Polyp Coral, Rose Sun Coral, Golden Cup Coral, Sun Flower Coral, and Tube Coral.Animal-Word

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

03Chemical composition5 compounds

Compounds documented for Tubastraea faulkneri across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Ansa macrolides4

Documented compounds5 total

Compound	Amount	Source
[(E,3R,4R,5S,6R,9S,10S)-4-acetyloxy-1-[formyl(methyl)amino]-11-[(10S,11R,13E,16S,20S,21R,22S,24Z)-16-hydroxy-10,22-dimethoxy-11,21-dimethyl-12,18-dioxo-3,7,19,27-tetraoxa-29,30,31-triazatetracyclo[24.2.1.12,5.16,9]hentriaconta-1(28),2(31),4,6(30),8,13,24,26(29)-octaen-20-yl]-10-methoxy-3,5,9-trimethylundec-1-en-6-yl] (2R)-2-methoxypropanoate	present	LOTUS
IQWXGENIKCGPFN-LDOHDOHLSA-N	present	NPASS
Mycalolide D	present	LOTUS
Mycalolide E	present	LOTUS
Propanoic acid, 2,3-dimethoxy-, 3-(acetyloxy)-6-(formylmethylamino)-1-(5-(15-hydroxy-21-methoxy-9,20-dimethyl-6,8,11,17-tetraoxo-3,18,26-trioxa-7,28,29-triazatricyclo(23.2.1.12,5)nonacosa-1(27),2(29),4,12,23,25(28)-hexaen-19-yl)-4-methoxy-3-methylpentyl)-2,4-dimethyl-5-hexenyl ester	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type44 records

Wild obs. + sensor23

Museum / vouchered21

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO48 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit12

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 12 m · max 21.3 m · 12 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 13

13 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor23

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 21 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence21

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 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)location not on record	3
Washington, US	2
Paris, FR	1
CASlocation not on record	1
Australian Institute of Marine Sciencelocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 8 of 21 vouchered records shown