Coscinoderma mathewsi

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 10 records
February: 17 records
March: 15 records
April: 11 records
May: 11 records
June: 20 records
July: 19 records
August: 10 records
September: 10 records
October: 18 records
November: 30 records
December: 11 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 17–53 m · Deepest record: 91 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 5 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 7 records
24–26 °C: 72 records
26–28 °C: 57 records
28–30 °C: 21 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Euspongia mathewsi, Leiosella mathewsi

Similar species

Coscinoderma nardorus
Coscinoderma pesleonis
Fine Levant sponge
Spongia (Spongia) officinalis
Spongia (Spongia) suriganensis

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
225 open-data records from 1990 to 2008.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.