Sarcophyton glaucum
Leather coral
Accession: OMN-MAR-0043
- Family
- Sarcophytidae
- Category
- Soft corals
- Geographic origin
- Bandar Khayran, Muscat
- Sampling depth
- 31.1 m
- Collection date
- 2026-04-15
- Holding institution
- National Heritage Collection (Demo)
Overview
Scientific identity
All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.
Taxonomy
Colony form
Encrusting base with a broad, lobed capitate polyparium.
Polyps
Retractile polyps distributed over the colony surface.
Colour in life
Greenish-brown
Resource network
This record
OMN-MAR-0043
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GIS & sampling
Sampling location & depth
Where this organism was collected, and at what depth in the water column.
Sampling depth explorer
31.1 m · this record
27.9 m
20.7 m
25.8 m
13.7 m
- Recorded depth
- 31.1 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 2026-04-15 — not a monitoring series.
Water temperature
24.7 °C
Recorded at sampling · Bandar Khayran, Muscat
Sampling depth 31.1 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.
Isolated fractions · EXT-0043-M
Polar fraction from liquid–liquid partitioning. Structural elucidation pending — no formula or structure is claimed.
Bioactivity assays
Antibacterial screening (disk diffusion)
ASY-0043-1Target: 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.
Molecular markers
Sequenced (demo)- Marker
- Cytochrome c oxidase I (DNA barcode)
- Type
- Mitochondrial barcode
- Sequence ID
- OMN-MAR-0043_COI
- Length
- 658 bp
Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.
Sequence viewer · COI
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
2
−80 °C / LN₂
1
Holding laboratories
2
Available
2
Ethanol-preserved specimen
SPC-M-0043
- Preservation
- Ethanol, room temperature
- Quantity
- 1 items
- Preserved
- 2026-05-05
National Heritage Collection — Store (Demo)
Frozen tissue for DNA
TIS-M-0043
- Preservation
- −80 °C freezer
- Quantity
- 3 tubes
- Preserved
- 2026-06-18
Marine Science Centre — Wet Lab (Demo)
Sample lifecycle
2026-04-15 · Field sampling — Bandar Khayran, Muscat — collected at 31.1 m.
2026-05-05 · Registration — Registered at National Heritage Collection (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0043.
2026-05-05 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature · −80 °C freezer.
2026-06-18 · 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
Sampling event
Bandar Khayran, 2026-04-15 · 31.1 m · by F. Al-Hinai
Curated record
National Heritage Collection (Demo)
Preserved material
2 samples across 2 laboratories (demo)
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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