white calcareous sponge

Clathrina blanca

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth87–323 m
Water temperature-1–26 °C
Best monthsJune and July
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) oonharn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Clathrina blanca is a species of Calcareous sponge in the genus Clathrina.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Clathrina blanca”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 3 records
March: 6 records
April: 1 records
May: 108 records
June: 319 records
July: 296 records
August: 48 records
September: 5 records
October: 13 records
November: 7 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 87–323 m · Deepest record: 1,069 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 7 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 5 records
70–80 m: 13 records
80–90 m: 59 records
90–100 m: 75 records
100–110 m: 31 records
110+ m: 548 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–26 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 4 records
4–6 °C: 678 records
6–8 °C: 63 records
8–10 °C: 39 records
10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 6 records
18–20 °C: 4 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 3 records

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Names and classification

English: white calcareous sponge

Names in 1 more languages

French: Clathrine pédonculée naine, éponge blanche

Other scientific names: Ascetta blanca, Ascetta sagittaria, Grantia pulchra, Guancha blanca, Leucosolenia blanca, Leucosolenia sagittaria, Nardoa guancha, Olynthus guancha, Olynthus simplex

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
816 open-data records from 1912 to 2022.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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