Corticium candelabrum

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth8–265 m
Water temperature15–29 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and September
How commonRare

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

About this species

Corticium candelabrum is a species of sponge in the order Homosclerophorida. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea where it inhabits the shallow sublittoral zone. The type locality is the Adriatic Sea.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Corticium candelabrum”, 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: 6 records
February: 3 records
March: 16 records
April: 7 records
May: 9 records
June: 12 records
July: 32 records
August: 26 records
September: 25 records
October: 8 records
November: 14 records
December: 9 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 8–265 m · Deepest record: 265 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–29 °C

14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 4 records

Photos

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

German: Kleiner Kissenschwamm
French: Éponge-chandelier, Éponge-coussinet orange

Similar species

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).
241 open-data records from 1937 to 2024.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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