Craniella cranium

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth77–1,125 m
Water temperature-1–29 °C
Best monthsAugust
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 8 records
March: 1 records
April: 0 records
May: 3 records
June: 81 records
July: 76 records
August: 167 records
September: 0 records
October: 15 records
November: 1 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 77–1,125 m · Deepest record: 1,250 m

0–10 m: 21 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 8 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 303 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 17 records
0–2 °C: 2 records
2–4 °C: 7 records
4–6 °C: 245 records
6–8 °C: 28 records
8–10 °C: 32 records
10–12 °C: 22 records
12–14 °C: 64 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 9 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 10 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: イガグリカイメン

Other scientific names: Alcyonium cranium, Craniella gravida, Craniella infrequens, Craniella muelleri, Craniella pilosa, Spongia pilosa, Tethea cranium, Tethya abyssorum, Tethya cranium, Tethya gravata, Tethya infrequens, Tethya pilosa, Tethya unca, Tethyopsilla infrequens, Tetilla abyssorum, Tetilla cranium, Tetilla gravata, Tetilla infrequens

Similar species

Craniella zetlandica
Craniella neocaledonica
Craniella simillima
Golf Ball Sponge
Cinachyrella australiensis
Antarctotetilla leptoderma
Purple Moon Sponge
Cinachyrella tenuiviolacea

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).
547 open-data records from 1776 to 2025.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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