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Spheciospongia vagabunda

Vagabond sponge

Accession: OMN-MAR-0014

Family
Clionaidae
Category
Sponges
Geographic origin
Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah
Sampling depth
9.3 m
Collection date
2020-03-28
Holding institution
Marine Science Centre (Demo)

Overview

Scientific identity

All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.

Taxonomy

AnimaliaPoriferaDemospongiaeClionaidaClionaidaeSpheciospongiaSpheciospongia vagabunda

Growth form

Massive, encrusting to lobate form.

Surface

Conulose, rough to touch

Colour in life

Purple-brown

Resource network

This record

OMN-MAR-0014

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GIS & sampling

Sampling location & depth

Where this organism was collected, and at what depth in the water column.

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Sampling depth explorer

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9.3 m · this record

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30.2 m

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13.1 m

Recorded depth
9.3 m
Sampling method
SCUBA survey

Schematic depth scale — no bathymetric profile is claimed. Other columns are recorded depths of the same species (demo).

Environment

Water conditions at sampling

Single set of measurements recorded during the sampling event on 2020-03-28 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

29.2 °C

Recorded at sampling · Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah

Sampling depth 9.3 m · SCUBA survey

Values are synthetic demonstration measurements with realistic units; no time series exists to chart.

Biochemistry

Extract & compound explorer

Select an extract to see its fractions and any assay results. All entries are synthetic demonstration data — no bioactivity is claimed.

OMN-MAR-0014→EXT-0014-M→CPD-0014-1→1 assay

Isolated fractions · EXT-0014-M

Polar fraction from liquid–liquid partitioning. Structural elucidation pending — no formula or structure is claimed.

Bioactivity assays

Antibacterial screening (disk diffusion)

ASY-0014-1

Target: Reference bacterial panel

No inhibition zone recorded

Negative result at tested concentration (demo). No bioactivity is claimed.

No chromatograms or spectra are held for these extracts, so none are drawn. Compound identities, formulas and structures remain unclaimed until characterization is complete.

Genomics

Genomic data

DNA barcodes and sequence records linked to this specimen. Sequences are synthetic demonstration output, not real results.

DNA barcodeBOLD:DEMO0014· demonstration barcode identifier, no external database record

Molecular markers

Sequenced (demo)
Marker
Cytochrome c oxidase I (DNA barcode)
Type
Mitochondrial barcode
Sequence ID
OMN-MAR-0014_COI
Length
658 bp

Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.

Sequence viewer · COI

1CAATCAGGCACCAATGACTAAACAACGCCCCATGGTTGGTTTGGGTGGACTCTGATTACT
61CAGTTCGTATGTGCAGTAGCCAGTATATTGCACACTTCATAATAAAACGAGTGACGGCAC
121TGACTGAGAAGTCACGCATGTAGCGTGCCCACCCGGGAGGATAGCGTCGTTAGCGCGGGA
181TTATCCAAAAGTATATGTAACGACGTACAGGAACAGTTCGGACAACCGAATCGCGCTCCG
241AGGGTGGGTTGTACTTGTTAGGAAGGTCCTCGCGAAGGAATTCAGGTCGCAAGGCAGTCC
301CCTAGTCCCCGTTCTGCCGCCACGGCGTTTCCGAGCGATGCCTTGACGACCGAACGACTC
361TAGCCAAAAGCGAGTTAGTCTGGATGGATTATGAACTGTAGGTTTGCCGCGATTTTGCAC
421TGTGGGAAGATGAGCGAGCTGGTTGGCTTTGGCCCAGTATCTTGATCCTATGTTACTTGA
481ATACTCCCGGTGCCAAAGATGTGTTTCCGACTGTCTTGTATTAATCTCTAAGAGCCTCGC
541GCCAGAAGACGGCCCACGCGTATCCGGGCTGCGGAAGTAGAGTTCAATACGCCCGAAAAT
601ACTTTGCATCTCTCGAGTGGTTCGCGTCATGTAGAGCTGTAGACTCTCGGCATTGCCA

Biobank

Physical sample preservation

Registered material from this specimen and how it is preserved. Exact freezer positions and rack locations are restricted to authorized staff.

Preserved samples

1

−80 °C / LN₂

0

Holding laboratories

1

Available

1

Available

Ethanol-preserved specimen

SPC-M-0014

Preservation
Ethanol, room temperature
Quantity
4 items
Preserved
2020-04-01

National Heritage Collection — Store (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation04 Molecular work

2020-03-28 · Field sampling — Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah — collected at 9.3 m.

2020-04-01 · Registration — Registered at Marine Science Centre (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0014.

2020-04-01 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature.

2020-05-28 · Molecular work — DNA extraction and barcoding (demo).

Sample identifiers, quantities and laboratories are synthetic demonstration values; no storage monitoring history is claimed.

Research

Research & provenance

How this record came to be, and literature linked to it.

Data provenance

  1. Sampling event

    Masirah Island, 2020-03-28 · 9.3 m · by F. Al-Hinai

  2. Curated record

    Marine Science Centre (Demo)

  3. Preserved material

    1 sample across 1 laboratories (demo)

  4. Research data

    DNA barcoding (demo) · Biochemical extracts (demo)

No publications linked

Publications citing this specimen will appear here once they are added by the holding institution.

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