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Sinularia polydactyla

Finger leather coral

Accession: OMN-MAR-0038

Family
Sinulariidae
Category
Soft corals
Geographic origin
Khor Ash Sham, Musandam
Sampling depth
33.7 m
Collection date
2021-09-17
Holding institution
Marine Science Centre (Demo)

Overview

Scientific identity

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

Taxonomy

AnimaliaCnidariaOctocoralliaMalacalcyonaceaSinulariidaeSinulariaSinularia polydactyla

Colony form

Erect, finger-like lobes.

Polyps

Retractile polyps distributed over the colony surface.

Colour in life

Cream to greyish

Resource network

This record

OMN-MAR-0038

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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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Khor Ash Sham, Musandam · Fjord-like inlet, rocky reef · 8 records of this speciesOpen geographic explorer

Sampling depth explorer

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18.1 m

Recorded depth
33.7 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 2021-09-17 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

30.8 °C

Recorded at sampling · Khor Ash Sham, Musandam

Sampling depth 33.7 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-0038→EXT-0038-M→CPD-0038-1→1 assay

Isolated fractions · EXT-0038-M

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

Bioactivity assays

Antibacterial screening (disk diffusion)

ASY-0038-1

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:DEMO0038· 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-0038_COI
Length
658 bp

Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.

Sequence viewer · COI

1CCACTTCTTCACTGGAAAAAGCAGCAAAGAGTTTCCCCCTAACCTTGATCTAAAGCCTTT
61GGAACGACGCGTCTCTACATACAATAGCCGGAAGTGACTTTTAGGTGAAAAGGAAACGAC
121CTATTGTATGGGAGACGAGCAGCTACATCGCCTCTTAGACACAACTCGACCAATGGCCTA
181TAAGGTCGTTAAGCATTGGTGTCTAATTGTGACACATGTTAATGCGTAAGAGCCAGCGCA
241TGTGTTAGGCGTACTACTACCGCTAGACAAGCGGGTACCTTGTCTAATTTATTCTTGCGA
301ACGGATCCTTCTTGCCGATTAATAGAACAGTTGCAGAGGATTTCATCACTCCGCGGCCGA
361AGTTAAATAATGAAACTTCTCAGCTAGCTAGCGCTGCGACCTAAGATCTCATTTGCACAT
421GTCTACCTGGACCTGCTTAGTTCCTCTACTCATTCCCAGCACGTAGCTTGTCATAGTTGA
481TTACAGAATTGGATGCTTGGGCACTACTTCTACTCGCCCTAGGCTGGATCTTATACTTGT
541AAAGTAAAGTTAGCGGGCACTGTTCTCTCCTTTGACTATGCCTGATATGCTTATGCTGCC
601CACCCTATTTTTCCACTTACATTACCACACTAACGCACAGTTACCTAGCTTAGCTGGG

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-0038

Preservation
Ethanol, room temperature
Quantity
2 items
Preserved
2021-10-04

National Heritage Collection — Store (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation04 Molecular work

2021-09-17 · Field sampling — Khor Ash Sham, Musandam — collected at 33.7 m.

2021-10-04 · Registration — Registered at Marine Science Centre (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0038.

2021-10-04 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature.

2021-11-05 · 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

    Khor Ash Sham, 2021-09-17 · 33.7 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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