Yellow Clathrina

About this species

Clathrina clathrus is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Clathrinidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 13 records
March: 29 records
April: 67 records
May: 71 records
June: 67 records
July: 146 records
August: 160 records
September: 82 records
October: 75 records
November: 42 records
December: 39 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–24 m · Deepest record: 36.6 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–26 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 21 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 13 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 7 records

Photos

(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Chris Taklis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Chris Taklis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Juraj Ahel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Juraj Ahel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Yellow Clathrina, Yellow lattice sponge, yellow Clathrina, yellow lattice sponge

Names in 4 more languages

German: gelber-Gitterkalkschwamm, Gelber Gitterkalkschwamm
Spanish: clathrina amarilla
French: clathrine jaune
Japanese: クラトリナカイメン

Other scientific names: Ascetta clathrina, Ascetta clathrus, Ascetta maeandrina, Ascetta mirabilis, Clathrina sulphurea, Grantia clathrus, Leucosolenia clathrus, Nardoa labyrinthus

Similar species

white calcareous sponge
Clathrina blanca
Clathrina luteoculcitella
Clathrina rubra
Clathrina chrysea
Clathrina procumbens
Borojevia cerebrum

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).
2,505 open-data records from 1950 to 2017.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.