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Spheciospongia vagabunda

Vagabond sponge

Accession: OMN-MAR-0079

Family
Clionaidae
Category
Sponges
Geographic origin
Hallaniyat Islands, Dhofar
Sampling depth
11 m
Collection date
2024-03-22
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

Smooth with scattered ostia

Colour in life

Purple-brown

Resource network

This record

OMN-MAR-0079

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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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11 m · this record

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9.3 m

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35.4 m

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34 m

Recorded depth
11 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 2024-03-22 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

29.8 °C

Recorded at sampling · Hallaniyat Islands, Dhofar

Sampling depth 11 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-0079→EXT-0079-M→CPD-0079-1→1 assay

Isolated fractions · EXT-0079-M

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

Bioactivity assays

Antibacterial screening (disk diffusion)

ASY-0079-1

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:DEMO0079· 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-0079_COI
Length
658 bp

Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.

Sequence viewer · COI

1TCGGCTGGGTGATCTGTTGACAAAGATTGGGTCGGCGAAATACAGCAATTGCAAAGAACA
61CCGCTAAATCAATGCCGTCGTCCTACTAACACGATCACAGTAGGAATCCAAGACGTGCTA
121CGCGAGCCAGGGTGTATCCGAGGCTCCAAGCCTGACTCAACTCGGTAGCGTTCGTACAAC
181CGGGTTTACTGAAATCCTGTGGTAGTACCTTTGTTTCCAGCGAATCAGCTGTTAACGCTA
241ATGCTGTGCAGAACCCTTCACCTATTATGCTGCCGAGTCAAAGCGGAGATTCTACTAACC
301GTCGACGGCGTTCTATGCATTGAGAGTATTGATCAGCATGAATCAAGAGGGGAGGTTTGC
361GTTTGCGTTCGATTTGACCGGGATTAATATTGGTGCACATCGGCGCATCATCGAGAGGGC
421GTGTCGGACCATCTTCAGGCTGGGTGTTGGGAATACACATTCTTAGATGAATGAACAGTT
481AGCCGCTGTGGAATTGGATCACGGATAGGGAGTAACAATTTGCCAGACTGTTTTTGGCGT
541GTTTACCCCTTACTGGGTTGATGCTCACGTTAATCTTGGTGAGCCAGCAATCCCAAGTTT
601TAACGCGAGTTCTAATGCTCGGCCCGACTCGTGTCCAATTCTACTAAAGGTCATAAAT

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-0079

Preservation
Ethanol, room temperature
Quantity
2 items
Preserved
2024-04-09

Marine Science Centre — Wet Lab (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation04 Molecular work

2024-03-22 · Field sampling — Hallaniyat Islands, Dhofar — collected at 11 m.

2024-04-09 · Registration — Registered at Marine Science Centre (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0079.

2024-04-09 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature.

2024-05-02 · 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

    Hallaniyat Islands, 2024-03-22 · 11 m · by M. Al-Balushi

  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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