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Sarcophyton glaucum

Leather coral

Accession: OMN-MAR-0094

Family
Sarcophytidae
Category
Soft corals
Geographic origin
Khor Ash Sham, Musandam
Sampling depth
13.8 m
Collection date
2023-05-05
Holding institution
National Heritage Collection (Demo)

Overview

Scientific identity

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

Taxonomy

AnimaliaCnidariaOctocoralliaMalacalcyonaceaSarcophytidaeSarcophytonSarcophyton glaucum

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-0094

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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 · 11 records of this speciesOpen geographic explorer

Sampling depth explorer

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13.8 m · this record

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27.9 m

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20.7 m

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31.1 m

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25.8 m

Recorded depth
13.8 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 2023-05-05 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

28.4 °C

Recorded at sampling · Khor Ash Sham, Musandam

Sampling depth 13.8 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-0094→EXT-0094-M→CPD-0094-1→1 assay

Isolated fractions · EXT-0094-M

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

Bioactivity assays

Antibacterial screening (disk diffusion)

ASY-0094-1

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:DEMO0094· 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-0094_COI
Length
658 bp

Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.

Sequence viewer · COI

1TCACATACTAAGGGCCATCTTGGCCCGCACGTTGCGGTCCACCGCGAACTAAGCGCTCCG
61GATACTAACGTCCGGGGAAACAAGGGGGCATTGTTGGCTCAAGGATTTGTGCTTCTTCCA
121TATATCGGTGTCATTCCCCTCTGGGTAGGGGAAATCAACTCCGTTTGCTAGTCGAAAAAA
181ACAGCATGCGATGTTTCTGATCTGTCACCGTAGTGTCCCCCCCCATCGCGACGACGCGAA
241TGGACAAAGTACAGGTGGGGCCCTAAGTTAAGGGTGAGCCGCGGCCCACTTGGAACCCCT
301GGATTATGATAATAAGCTTGATTGGAGGCAAGGGCCGTTGCTCCTTTTCGAGACGACGTC
361GGCCTAAGTGGTCGAATTCAAGAAGCGTCGCCGCGGGTCGGATGCGTGGAATAGGGAGTT
421CTTAGAGAAAGTGCATGCGGCGTGGACTCTTTAGTGGGGAGGAAGTCAGGGGATGGTGTC
481TAATGGAGAGAACGGGTCTATGCCGGTCATCGGTCGGGATCGCGACAAGATATTACAATA
541ACTATATTATAACTTGTCATTGCTAGTCTGCCAATACGTCCGCTGTGTTGGGGCCGATGG
601TGTAGCTCTAAGACTAATGTTGCCTTTACGTATAGGGGGGCACGACATTAGCAAACAT

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

Available

Ethanol-preserved specimen

SPC-M-0094

Preservation
Ethanol, room temperature
Quantity
2 items
Preserved
2023-05-06

University Microbiology Lab (Demo)

Available

Frozen tissue for DNA

TIS-M-0094

Preservation
−80 °C freezer
Quantity
2 tubes
Preserved
2023-05-08

Marine Science Centre — Biobank (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation04 Molecular work

2023-05-05 · Field sampling — Khor Ash Sham, Musandam — collected at 13.8 m.

2023-05-06 · Registration — Registered at National Heritage Collection (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0094.

2023-05-06 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature · −80 °C freezer.

2023-05-08 · 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, 2023-05-05 · 13.8 m · by M. Al-Balushi

  2. Curated record

    National Heritage Collection (Demo)

  3. Preserved material

    2 samples across 2 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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