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Spheciospongia vagabunda

Vagabond sponge

Accession: OMN-MAR-0114

Family
Clionaidae
Category
Sponges
Geographic origin
Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah
Sampling depth
23.2 m
Collection date
2023-08-06
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-0114

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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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23.2 m · this record

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9.3 m

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30.2 m

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35.4 m

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34 m

Recorded depth
23.2 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 2023-08-06 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

29.4 °C

Recorded at sampling · Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah

Sampling depth 23.2 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-0114→EXT-0114-M→CPD-0114-1→1 assay

Isolated fractions · EXT-0114-M

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

Bioactivity assays

Antibacterial screening (disk diffusion)

ASY-0114-1

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:DEMO0114· 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-0114_COI
Length
658 bp

Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.

Sequence viewer · COI

1ATCAACCGCAACACCGGCCGGACCAGTGTGCCGGAAAGCAGGGTGAGTGTGACAATGACT
61ATCAAATGGGATGTTAGGCACTCCGCGGACTGTCTGACAGTAGCTCAGTGCCGTGCTGAC
121CTTACGGAGCCTCATAAAACTTTGTGGTTGGCAACAGCGCCTTGAAGATAGTAGGAAAAG
181CTTGCCGAGCTCAACTATAGCAAACTCACCGGATTAATCAAATTTAAGGAGCCAAAGGGT
241ACCGTCTTTCACAGGTCACTTGCTAGTGATTGACTTTAAAACATGCGCCCGGATCGACCC
301GTCCCAGTAGCTGAAGGATTCATCGACAACGAGCGGGCTAGGTATGAGTTCCGGCTGAGT
361CTTCTAAGGAGGTAAAAATAAATCGCTTTTAGATGCCGTGCAGGGCTTCGACTTAACACA
421TCTACAAGATATACCCTGTAGCCCGGGTCCGGCGAAAGAATTCGACCCGAATTGGGATGC
481GATTACACACCCTATTTTTCGACGGTACGGTGGTGCGCGCGAGGTGCTCCCGGACCAGTA
541ACAGCTGAATCAATCGGGGTTGCATACGACCGAGGGGGGGGGGTTCTCCACGTTGCCGTA
601AAGTTCCTTCCTGTACTAGTATCCCTTATGCCCCGGGGTTATAGAGTCTACGGAGCGG

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-0114

Preservation
Ethanol, room temperature
Quantity
1 items
Preserved
2023-08-15

Marine Science Centre — Biobank (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation04 Molecular work

2023-08-06 · Field sampling — Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah — collected at 23.2 m.

2023-08-15 · Registration — Registered at Marine Science Centre (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0114.

2023-08-15 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature.

2023-10-12 · 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

    Ras al Jinz, 2023-08-06 · 23.2 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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