Cream honeycomb sponge

Holopsamma laminaefavosa

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth12–122 m
Water temperature14–25 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kai Squires · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 54 records
February: 42 records
March: 33 records
April: 32 records
May: 19 records
June: 14 records
July: 30 records
August: 19 records
September: 18 records
October: 27 records
November: 29 records
December: 33 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 12–122 m · Deepest record: 237 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 1 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
110–120 m: 3 records
120+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–25 °C

12–14 °C: 8 records
14–16 °C: 17 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 11 records
20–22 °C: 64 records
22–24 °C: 12 records
24–26 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cobi Calyx, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) neilfws, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Eldon E Ball, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Cream honeycomb sponge

Other scientific names: Aulena gigantea, Aulena lamellosa, Aulena laxa, Echinoclathria arenifera, Echinoclathria gigantea, Halme gigantea, Halme irregularis, Halme laxa, Halme nidus

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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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
175 open-data records from 1886 to 2007.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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